MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Myzostomatidae Benham, 1896

WoRMS taxon details

Myzostomatidae Benham, 1896

AphiaID

22609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22609)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Typetaxon

Myzostoma Leuckart, 1836

Parent

Myzostomida

Original name

Myzostomatidae Benham, 1896

Synonymised names

Mesomyzostomatidae Stummer-Traunfels, 1926 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Myzostomidae [auct. lapsus] · unaccepted (incorrect spelling of stem)

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Genus Cystimyzostomum Jagersten, 1940
Genus Hypomyzostoma Perrier, 1897
Genus Mesomyzostoma Remscheid, 1918
Genus Myzostoma Leuckart, 1836
Genus Notopharyngoides Uchida, 1992
Genus Myzostomum Leuckart, 1827 accepted as Myzostoma Leuckart, 1836 (nomen nudum in 1827)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Benham, W.B. 1896. The Archiannelida, Polychaeta, Myzostomaria, in S.F. Harmer and A.E. Shipley eds., The Cambridge Natural History: England, MacMillan and Co., Ltd., p. 241-344.
page(s): 342; note: Benham uses Myzostomatidae as the sole family in Order Myzostomaria, part of Chaetopoda [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Myzostomatidae Benham, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22609 on 2024-11-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2006-08-23 13:24:43Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-11-21 15:42:35Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2015-12-20 21:11:48Z

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Read, Geoffrey

2024-03-26 21:32:01Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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original description Benham, W.B. 1896. The Archiannelida, Polychaeta, Myzostomaria, in S.F. Harmer and A.E. Shipley eds., The Cambridge Natural History: England, MacMillan and Co., Ltd., p. 241-344.
page(s): 342; note: Benham uses Myzostomatidae as the sole family in Order Myzostomaria, part of Chaetopoda [details]

original description (of Mesomyzostomatidae Stummer-Traunfels, 1926) Stummer-Traunfels, Rudolf. (1926 [imprint 1923?]). Myzostomida. p.132-210 in T. Krumbach ed., Handbuch der Zoologie. vol. 3. gegründet von Willy Kükenthal: Berlin & Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter & Co. [details]

additional source Grygier, Mark. (2000). Class Myzostomida. [Book]. p. 297-329 In: Beesley, P.L.; Ross, G.B.; Glasby, C.J. (eds). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Vol. 4A Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/science/abrs/publications/fauna-of-australia/fauna-4a
page(s): 315; note: comments on the etymology and formation of the family name [details]

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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