WoRMS taxon details

Sigalion omanensis Wehe, 2007

868244  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:868244)

  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 omanensis (Species)
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): 95 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  ZMUC POL-1358, geounit Gulf of Oman  
Holotype ZMUC POL-1358, geounit Gulf of Oman [details]
, Note Mina al Fahl, north of Masqat, Oman,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Mina al Fahl, north of Masqat, Oman, geocoordinates unrecorded, estimated from gazeteer 23.6364, 58.5089 [details]
Etymology Named after the Oman type locality  
Etymology Named after the Oman type locality [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalion omanensis Wehe, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868244 on 2025-04-08
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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): 95 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype ZMUC POL-1358, geounit Gulf of Oman [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Author: "Elytra papillae with up to 13 pinnulae and 1 - 2 upright basal papillae; upper postchaetal bract of neuropodia not digitiform; few upper supraacicular bidentate compound falcigers with 1 - 2 faint rows of spines and 1 - 3 falcigers with simple blades" [details]

Etymology Named after the Oman type locality [details]

Type locality Mina al Fahl, north of Masqat, Oman, geocoordinates unrecorded, estimated from gazeteer 23.6364, 58.5089 [details]
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