Melinninae are a subfamily of the Ampharetidae, belonging to the Terebellida (bristle worms).
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| Melinnopsis dubita, a species of the subfamily of Melinninae | |
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| Subfamily: | Melinninae
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The Mellinninae are described firstly by Ralph V. Chamberlin in The Annelida Polychaeta, 1919.[1]
On page 443 he states:
" One or two stout dorsal spines caudad of the branchiae on each side; number of somites large, near seventy or more Melinninae[2]",
suggesting that there are more than 70 genera in this subfamily. The WoRMS currently lists eleven direct children[3] of the subfamily.
References
edit- ^ University, Harvard (1919). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Vol. 48. The Museum. p. 443.
- ^ Chamberlin, Ralph (1919). The Memoirs of comparative Zoology. p. 443.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species, Melinninae Chamberlain, 1919".
External links
edit- Laetitia M. Gunton et al.: Two New Deep-water Species of Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Eastern Australian Continental Margin. Records of the Australian Museum 72 (4): pp. 101–121; 12 August 2020; doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1763
- Natali Andersen: Two New Species of Deep-Sea Worms Discovered, on: sci-news.com, Aug 26, 2020