MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Metasychis Light, 1991

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Metasychis Light, 1991

AphiaID

129354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129354)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Maldane disparidentata Moore, 1904 accepted as Metasychis disparidentatus (Moore, 1904) (type by original designation)

Parent

Maldaninae Malmgren, 1867

Original name

Metasychis Light, 1991

Direct children (5)

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Species Metasychis collariceps (Augener, 1926)
Species Metasychis disparidentatus (Moore, 1904)
Species Metasychis fimbriatus (Treadwell, 1934)
Species Metasychis gotoi (Izuka, 1902)
Species Metasychis varicollaris Wang, Li & Wang, 2021

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Light, William J. H. (1991). Systematic revision of the genera of the polychaete subfamily Maldaninae Arwidsson. Ophelia, supplement. 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 133-146. [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Etymology Not stated. Light (1980 thesis) also did not give a derivation. Meta in Greek means 'after' as in subsequent in sequence...

Etymology Not stated. Light (1980 thesis) also did not give a derivation. Meta in Greek means 'after' as in subsequent in sequence (as in metacarpal), or means 'change of'. The name implies some comparison with Asychis, although Light (1991) only mentions the similar posterior funnel-like 'pockets' of Asychis and Metasychis. The five new combinations he creates were all at the time in genus Asychis, so their transfer to Metasychis is truly subsquent in taxonomic placement. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Metasychis Light, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129354 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

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Martinez, Olga

2012-03-16 08:17:10Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2020-11-15 21:43:51Z

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Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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original description Light, William J. H. (1991). Systematic revision of the genera of the polychaete subfamily Maldaninae Arwidsson. Ophelia, supplement. 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 133-146. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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Grammatical gender Designated masculine by Light (1991: 141) [details]

Definitions

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