Polychaeta name details
Pentacirrus Wesenberg-Lund, 1958
325165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325165)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (based on probable juvenile)
Genus
Pentacirrus julianae Wesenberg-Lund, 1958 (type by monotypy)
- Species Pentacirrus julianae Wesenberg-Lund, 1958 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, probable juvenile)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1958). Lesser Antillean polychaetes chiefly from brackish waters, with a survey and a bibliography of fresh and brackish water polychaetes. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 8: 1-41., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506173
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Pentacirrus Wesenberg-Lund, 1958. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325165 on 2025-05-03
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Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1958). Lesser Antillean polychaetes chiefly from brackish waters, with a survey and a bibliography of fresh and brackish water polychaetes. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 8: 1-41., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506173
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source 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
page(s): 30; note: genus placed as synomym of Timarete [details]
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source 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
page(s): 30; note: genus placed as synomym of Timarete [details]
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Synonymy Fauchald (1977) listed Pentacirrus as a synonym of Timarete. The basis of this assignment is unclear. The genus was erected for a single imperfect probable juvenile. [details]
