WoRMS taxon details
Mustaquimsthenelais dendropapillata Wehe, 2007
868063 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:868063)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wehe, T. (2007). Revision of the scale worms (Polychaeta:Aphroditoidea) occurring in the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Part II: Sigalionidae. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 23: 41–124.
page(s): 78-82, figs. 10a-e, 11a-f, 12a-l, table 3 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype SMF 13636, geounit Karachi Coast
, Note Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan, gazetteer...
Holotype SMF 13636, geounit Karachi Coast [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan, gazetteer (adjusted) 24.8046 67.0233, intertidal [details]
Etymology after characteristic arborescent-branched papillae on the elytra and the ventral cirri; gr. dendron = tree, lat. papilla =...
Etymology after characteristic arborescent-branched papillae on the elytra and the ventral cirri; gr. dendron = tree, lat. papilla = nipple. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Mustaquimsthenelais dendropapillata Wehe, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868063 on 2025-04-05
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Wehe, T. (2007). Revision of the scale worms (Polychaeta:Aphroditoidea) occurring in the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Part II: Sigalionidae. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 23: 41–124.
page(s): 78-82, figs. 10a-e, 11a-f, 12a-l, table 3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 78-82, figs. 10a-e, 11a-f, 12a-l, table 3 [details] Available for editors






Holotype SMF 13636, geounit Karachi Coast [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis author: "Lateral auricles on median ceratophore with ventral ctenidia; microtubercles on surface of elytra confined to anterior and inner parts; long, simple and branched papillae submarginally and along outer margin of elytra; ventral cirri medially with branched papilla; heterocheligers and bidentate falcigers present." [details]Etymology after characteristic arborescent-branched papillae on the elytra and the ventral cirri; gr. dendron = tree, lat. papilla = nipple. [details]
Type locality Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan, gazetteer (adjusted) 24.8046 67.0233, intertidal [details]