WoRMS taxon details
Iphione malifera Piotrowski, 2014
766333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766333)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Piotrowski, Christina 2014. A new scaleworm, Iphione malifera (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from a coral reef in the Philippine Islands. The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. Williams, G.C.; Gosliner, T.M. eds. California Academy of Sciences. p. 155-164 , available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/Hearst%20Biodiversity%20vol%20XWeb%20fileLRComp.pdf
page(s): 156 [details]
page(s): 156 [details]
Holotype CAS CASIZ 187234, verbatimGeounit Maricaban...
, Note Maricaban Island, Batangas, Luzon,...
Holotype CAS CASIZ 187234, verbatimGeounit Maricaban Island, Ba... [details]
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Type locality Maricaban Island, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines, 13.6874, 120.8328, <33m [details]
Etymology malifera (Latin) meaning apple-bearing refers to characteristic large round-tipped macrotubercles on all elytra
Etymology malifera (Latin) meaning apple-bearing refers to characteristic large round-tipped macrotubercles on all elytra [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Iphione malifera Piotrowski, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766333 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Piotrowski, Christina 2014. A new scaleworm, Iphione malifera (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from a coral reef in the Philippine Islands. The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. Williams, G.C.; Gosliner, T.M. eds. California Academy of Sciences. p. 155-164 , available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/Hearst%20Biodiversity%20vol%20XWeb%20fileLRComp.pdf
page(s): 156 [details]
page(s): 156 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; Piotrowski, Christina N.; Paulay, Gustav. (2024). Revision of Iphione Kinberg, 1856 (Annelida, Aphroditiformia, Iphionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5548(1): 1-84., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5548.1.1
page(s): 48-49, Figs 18, 36 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 48-49, Figs 18, 36 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype CAS CASIZ 187234, verbatimGeounit Maricaban Island, Ba... [details]
