CaRMS taxon details
Microphthalmus Mecznikow, 1865
129313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129313)
accepted
Genus
Microphthalmus sczelkowii Mecznikow, 1865 (type by monotypy)
- Species Microphthalmus aberrans (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
- Species Microphthalmus pettiboneae Riser, 2000
- Species Microphthalmus sczelkowii Mecznikow, 1865
- Species Microphthalmus hamosus Westheide, 1982 accepted as Westheideius hamosus (Westheide, 1982) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mecznikow, Elias [actual spelling]; Metschnikow, [alternate spelling]; Metschnikoff, [alternate spelling]. (1865). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chaetopoden. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 15(3): 328-341, plates 24-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45004105
page(s): 334; note: new genus for new species Microphthalmus sczelkowii [details]
page(s): 334; note: new genus for new species Microphthalmus sczelkowii [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Microphthalmus Mecznikow, 1865. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129313 on 2025-05-08
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Microphthalmus Mecznikow, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129313 on 2025-05-08
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Mecznikow, Elias [actual spelling]; Metschnikow, [alternate spelling]; Metschnikoff, [alternate spelling]. (1865). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chaetopoden. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 15(3): 328-341, plates 24-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45004105
page(s): 334; note: new genus for new species Microphthalmus sczelkowii [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. <em>[Book chapter].</em> 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
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 167-213., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/georgieva-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-167213/
page(s): 177, figure 11; note: un-named species from Whale skull off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m [details] Available for editors
identification resource Westheide, Wilfried. (2013). Microphthalmus mahensis sp.n. (Annelida, Phyllodocida) together with an annotated key of the genus. <i>Helgoland Marine Research</i>. 67(3): 413-422., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-012-0332-1
page(s): 419 [key and list of valid species] [details] Available for editors
page(s): 334; note: new genus for new species Microphthalmus sczelkowii [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. <em>[Book chapter].</em> 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
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 167-213., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/georgieva-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-167213/
page(s): 177, figure 11; note: un-named species from Whale skull off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m [details] Available for editors
identification resource Westheide, Wilfried. (2013). Microphthalmus mahensis sp.n. (Annelida, Phyllodocida) together with an annotated key of the genus. <i>Helgoland Marine Research</i>. 67(3): 413-422., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-012-0332-1
page(s): 419 [key and list of valid species] [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Uncertain (Rouse & Pleijel, 2003). Pleijel (1998:150) indicated that Microphthalmus, is not regarded as a hesionid genus by him, and Dahlgren et al. (2000) found that Microphthalmus appears as the sister group to pilargids (or nested within that group). Hesionides and Microphthalmus (Microphthalminae) are interstitial animals traditionally placed in Hesionidae. [details]Synonymy The monotypic Uncopodarke Uchida, 2004 is probably a synonym of Microphthalmus according to Westheide (2013). However, the name is unavailable in any case. [details]
