| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Typetaxon of | |
Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830
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| Parent | | Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830 |
| Source | |
additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Feedingtype | |
carnivore [details]
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| Links | | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: A bristle worm with a sturdy, elongate body with numerous segments and a maximum length of 150
mm. The worm is dorsally covered with soft scales (elytra) whose outer edges feature a characteristic fringe consisting of pinnate papillae. The head bears three minute antennae (two lateral ones and one in the middle) and two pairs of small eyes. [details]
Distribution: The distribution of Sigalion mathildae was in both periods more or less limited to the western coastal zone, where densities up to 20 (1976-1986 period) and 200 ind./m2 (1994-2001 period) were observed. [details]
Habitat: Sigalion mathildae prefers a very specifically defined sediment type characterised by fine-grained sediments (median grain size 150 to 250 µm) and the presence of a low mud content (maximum 20%). [details]
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| Image | | 
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830
added on 2006-02-10 - author: Hans Hillewaert
qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131072 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131072 on 2013-05-25 |
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