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Mercierella Fauvel, 1923

Live Ficopomatus enigmaticus from Whitianga estuary, New Zealand
Live Ficopomatus enigmaticus from Whitianga estuary, New Zealand

155393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155393)

 unaccepted (junior synonym)
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  1. Species Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1923 accepted as Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauvel, Pierre. (1923). Un nouveau serpulien d'eau saumatre <i>Mercierella</i> n.g. <i>enigmatica</i> n.sp. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 47(10): 424-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3043518
page(s): 424 [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Mercierella Fauvel, 1923. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155393 on 2026-08-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mercierella Fauvel, 1923. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=155393 on 2026-08-10
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2005-04-27 08:17:47Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2009-01-20 10:09:03Z
changed
ten Hove, Harry
2026-07-25 14:47:17Z
changed
Gil, João

original description Fauvel, Pierre. (1923). Un nouveau serpulien d'eau saumatre <i>Mercierella</i> n.g. <i>enigmatica</i> n.sp. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 47(10): 424-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3043518
page(s): 424 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record 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] 

source of synonymy Hove, Harry A. ten and Weerdenburg, J. C. A. 1978. A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin.Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 154: 96-120., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1540777 [details] 
 
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