Genus Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843
- Malacoceros Quatrefages, A. de 1843. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles d'Annélides errantes recueilles sur les côtes de la Manche. Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 5: 1-16 [8].
Type species:
Spio vulgaris Johnston, 1827 by subsequent designation, see Pettibone, M.H. 1963. Marine Polychaete worms of the New England Region. 1. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 227: 1-356.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Mozambique
- South Africa
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast
Neotropical Region
- Puerto Rico
Citations
Malacoceros.
—Blake, J.A. & Kudenov, J.D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171–280 [195].
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Oct-2023 | 29-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Oct-2023 | 16-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |