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Sigalion oligospinosus Wehe, 2007

868243  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:868243)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Sigalionidae (Family)
  9. Sigalioninae (Subfamily)
  10. Sigalion (Genus)
  11. Sigalion oligospinosus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, 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): 92 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  ZMUC POL-1351, geounit Gulf of Oman  
Holotype ZMUC POL-1351, geounit Gulf of Oman [details]
, Note Jask, Iran, Gulf of Oman, 25.65, 57.7667  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Jask, Iran, Gulf of Oman, 25.65, 57.7667 [details]
Etymology Author: "species name refers to the predominantly smooth stems of the neuropodial compound falcigers; gr. oligos = few,...  
Etymology Author: "species name refers to the predominantly smooth stems of the neuropodial compound falcigers; gr. oligos = few, lat. spina = thorn. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalion oligospinosus Wehe, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868243 on 2025-04-04
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2016-01-23 08:56:59Z
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Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description 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): 92 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype ZMUC POL-1351, geounit Gulf of Oman [details]
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Diagnosis Author: "Elytra papillae with up to 14 pinnulae and single upright basal papillae; upper postchaetal bract of neuropodia digitiform; supraacicular bidentate compound falcigers multi-articulated, very rarely simple or oligo-articulated; stems predominantly smooth." [details]

Etymology Author: "species name refers to the predominantly smooth stems of the neuropodial compound falcigers; gr. oligos = few, lat. spina = thorn. [details]

Type locality Jask, Iran, Gulf of Oman, 25.65, 57.7667 [details]
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