WoRMS name details
Megalomma lanigera (Grube, 1846)
578790 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578790)
unaccepted (superseded recombination, genus is a replaced homonym)
Species
Sabella lanigera Grube, 1846 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sabella lanigera Grube, 1846) Grube, Adolph-Eduard. 1846. Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Erster Beitrag: Sabella Lucullana delle Chiaje, S. luxuriosa Gr. nov. sp. S. lanigera Gr. nov. spec., S. Josephinae Risso, S. penicillus Sav., S. pavonina Sav. Arkiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 12: 45-59, plate 2, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704785 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Megalomma lanigera (Grube, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578790 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sabella lanigera Grube, 1846) Grube, Adolph-Eduard. 1846. Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Erster Beitrag: Sabella Lucullana delle Chiaje, S. luxuriosa Gr. nov. sp. S. lanigera Gr. nov. spec., S. Josephinae Risso, S. penicillus Sav., S. pavonina Sav. Arkiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 12: 45-59, plate 2, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704785 [details]
new combination reference Giangrande, A.; Licciano, M. (2008). Revision of the species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, with the description of <i>M. messapicum</i> n.sp. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 75(2): 207-217., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000801913124
page(s): 209 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Giangrande, A.; Licciano, M. (2008). Revision of the species of <i>Megalomma</i> (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, with the description of <i>M. messapicum</i> n.sp. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 75(2): 207-217., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000801913124
page(s): 209 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Cepeda, Diego; Lattig, Patricia. (2017). New reports and description of a new species of Sabellidae (Annelida) for the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Archipelago. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-22 [online before print, 26 Jun 2017]., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2017.1303576
note: record and description for the Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula (Galicia). [details]
note: record and description for the Atlantic waters of the Iberian Peninsula (Galicia). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Although authors (eg Tovar-Hernandez & Carrera-Parra (2011) have continued to use 'lanigera' feminine ending, thus Megalomma lanigera, Megalomma is neuter and the recombination should have been Megalomma lanigerum [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Locally common [details]Introduced species impact in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species population trend in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Italian part of the Ionian Sea (Marine Region) : Natural dispersal [details]
