MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Mercierella Fauvel, 1923

WoRMS name details

Mercierella Fauvel, 1923

AphiaID

155393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155393)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted Name

Ficopomatus Southern, 1921

Rank

Genus

Parent

Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Mercerella Fauvel, 1923 · alternative representation (lapsus calami for Mercierella)

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Species Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1923 accepted as Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923) (superseded original combination)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fauvel, P. (1923). Un nouveau serpulien d'eau saumatre Merceriella n.g., enigmatica n.sp. Bulletin de la Sociét. Zoologique de France. 47: 424-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3043518 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Mercierella Fauvel, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155393 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-27 08:17:47Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2009-01-20 10:09:03Z

changed

ten Hove, Harry

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original description Fauvel, P. (1923). Un nouveau serpulien d'eau saumatre Merceriella n.g., enigmatica n.sp. Bulletin de la Sociét. Zoologique de France. 47: 424-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3043518 [details]

basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

source of synonymy Hove, Harry A. ten and Weerdenburg, J. C. A. 1978. A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin.Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 154: 96-120. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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