MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Megalocercus Chun, 1887

AfReMaS taxon details

Megalocercus Chun, 1887

AphiaID

103364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103364)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Labiata Fenaux, 1993

Direct children (2)

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Species Megalocercus abyssorum Chun, 1887
Species Megalocercus huxleyi (Ritter in Ritter & Byxbee, 1905)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Hopcroft, R. (2021). World List of Appendicularia. Megalocercus Chun, 1887. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103364 on 2024-05-08

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Megalocercus Chun, 1887. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103364 on 2024-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-04-07 12:56:47Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2008-04-10 13:29:43Z

changed

Hopcroft, Russ

[taxonomic tree]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Appendicularia, 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: pp. 356 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Fenaux, R., Q. Bone, and D. Deibel. 1998. Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography, p. 251-264. In q. Bone [ed.], The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank