Genus Ficopomatus Southern, 1921
Compiler and date details
Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Ficopomatus Southern, R. 1921. Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 5: 563-659 [655].
Type species:
Ficopomatus macrodon Southern, 1921 by original designation. - Mercierella Fauvel, P. 1923. Un nouveau Serpulien d'eau suamatre Mercierella n.g., enigmatica n.sp. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 47: 424-430 [424-430].
Type species:
Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1922 by original designation. - Sphaeropomatus Treadwell, A.L. 1934. Sphaeropomatus miamiensis, a new genus and species of serpulid polychaete. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 24: 338-341 [339].
Type species:
Sphaeropomatus miamiensis Treadwell, 1934 by original designation. - Mercierellopsis Rioja, E. 1945. Estudios Anelidologicos XIII. Un nuevo genero de serpulidae de agua sabbre Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico 16: 411-417 [412].
Type species:
Mercierellopsis prietoi Rioja, 1945 by original designation. - Neopomatus Pillai, T.G. 1960. Some marine and brackish-water serpulid polychaetes from Ceylon, including new genera and species. Ceylon Journal of Science 3: 1-40 [27-28].
Type species:
Neopomatus uschakovi Pillai, 1960 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), 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), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Nigeria
- South Africa
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast
- Hawaii
- Solomon Islands
Nearctic Region
- United States of America
- California
- Texas
Neotropical Region
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Uruguay
Oriental Region
- India
- Indonesia
- Java
- Philippines
- Luzon
- Sri Lanka
Palaearctic Region
- France
- Netherlands
- Tunisia
Citations
Mercierella.
—Straughan, D. 1966. Australian brackish water serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta). Records of the Australian Museum 27: 139–146 [141–143].
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2023 | 15-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Oct-2023 | 03-Nov-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Oct-2023 | 09-Aug-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |