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Ficopomatus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2327734	https://www.gbif.org/species/2327734
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	7191	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=7191

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Ficopomatus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Annelida	Lamarck 1809
class	Polychaeta	Grube 1850
subclass	Sedentaria	Lamarck 1818
infraclass	Canalipalpata	Rouse and Fauchald 1997
order	Sabellida	Fauchald 1977
family	Serpulidae	Rafinesque 1835
genus	Ficopomatus	Southern 1921

Scientific Name

Ficopomatus Southern, 1921

Name Published In

Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum. 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mercierella	genus	belongs to Serpulidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Mercierella	genus	belongs to Serpulimorpha	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

157 - 145 Ma
Jurassic

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Serpulidae)

Vision

limited (based on Polychaeta)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Serpulidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Ficopomatus enigmaticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ficopomatus macrodon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ficopomatus miamiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ficopomatus shenzhensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ficopomatus talehsapensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ficopomatus uschakovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Neopomatus Pillai, 1960	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Neopomatus*
Merceriella Fauvel, 1923	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Merceriella*
Phycopomatus Por & Dimentman, 1989	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Phycopomatus*
Mercierellopsis Rioja, 1945	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Mercierellopsis*
Mercierella Fauvel, 1923	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Mercierella*
Sphaeropomatus Treadwell, 1934	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Sphaeropomatus*
Mercerella Fauvel, 1923	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Mercerella*
Tricopomatus Southern, 1921	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Tricopomatus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1923	Mercierella Fauvel
1999	Mercierella Wienrich p. 279
2002	Mercierella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa. 2036: 1-126. - via World Register of Marine Species

Pillai, T.G. 2008. Ficopomatus talehsapensis, a new brackish-water species (Polychaeta: Serpulidae: Ficopomatinae) from Thailand, with discussions on the relationships of taxa constituting the subfamily, opercular insertion as a taxonomic character and their taxonomy, a key to its taxa, and their zoogeography. Zootaxa 1967: 36-52. - via World Register of Marine Species

Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum. 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa. 2036: 1-126. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. - via World Register of Marine Species

Fauchald, K., 1977: The polychaete worms: Definitions and keys to the orders, families, and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 28. 190. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson et al 2003 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hansson, H.G. (1998) NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): South Scandinavian marine Annelida Check-List. Internet pdf Ed., Aug. 1998: http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Annelida.pdf - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Mem. Indian Mus., 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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