Deep-Sea taxon details
Psamathe cirrhata Keferstein, 1862
336123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336123)
accepted
Species
Kefersteinia cirrhata (Keferstein, 1862) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Keferstein, W. (1862). Untersuchungen über niedere Seethiere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 12(1): 1–147 plates 1–11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44977773
page(s): 107-109, plate IX figs. 32-36; note: spelling is Psamathe cirrhata (later contemporary authors and more recently Salazar-Vallejo (2022) incorrectly dropped the 'h') [details]
page(s): 107-109, plate IX figs. 32-36; note: spelling is Psamathe cirrhata (later contemporary authors and more recently Salazar-Vallejo (2022) incorrectly dropped the 'h') [details]
Type locality contained in Manche
, Note Saint-Vaast-la-Hogue, Cotentin peninsula,...
type locality contained in Manche [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Saint-Vaast-la-Hogue, Cotentin peninsula, Normandy coast, France, intertidal associated with oyster shell, gazetteer estimate 49.5835, -1.2631 [Locality was earlier recorded in WoRMS as Mediterranean France, which is incorrect but of unknown origin] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Psamathe cirrhata Keferstein, 1862. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336123 on 2025-05-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Psamathe cirrhata Keferstein, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336123 on 2025-05-02
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original description
Keferstein, W. (1862). Untersuchungen über niedere Seethiere. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 12(1): 1–147 plates 1–11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44977773
page(s): 107-109, plate IX figs. 32-36; note: spelling is Psamathe cirrhata (later contemporary authors and more recently Salazar-Vallejo (2022) incorrectly dropped the 'h') [details]
source of synonymy Pleijel, Fredrik. (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(2): 89-163, 38 figures, 7 tables., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x
page(s): 162; note: To Psamathe fusca [details] Available for editors
redescription Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 55; note: used the misspelling 'cirrata' [details]
status source Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2022). New species of hesionid and phyllodocid polychaetes (Annelida, Errantia) from Clipperton Island. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 44(1): 1-26., available online at http://zoosystema.com/44/1
page(s): 4; note: Psamathe cirrhata [as P. cirrata] is treated as distinct from Psamathe fusca [details] Available for editors
page(s): 107-109, plate IX figs. 32-36; note: spelling is Psamathe cirrhata (later contemporary authors and more recently Salazar-Vallejo (2022) incorrectly dropped the 'h') [details]
source of synonymy Pleijel, Fredrik. (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Hesionidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(2): 89-163, 38 figures, 7 tables., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00433.x
page(s): 162; note: To Psamathe fusca [details] Available for editors
redescription Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 55; note: used the misspelling 'cirrata' [details]
status source Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2022). New species of hesionid and phyllodocid polychaetes (Annelida, Errantia) from Clipperton Island. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 44(1): 1-26., available online at http://zoosystema.com/44/1
page(s): 4; note: Psamathe cirrhata [as P. cirrata] is treated as distinct from Psamathe fusca [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Claparède (1863) and others (eg Salazar-Vallejo, 2022) used the misspelling 'cirrata'. See the entry for "Psamathe cirrata [auct. misspelling]" for the pro and con arguments for adjusting the spelling. [details]Type locality Saint-Vaast-la-Hogue, Cotentin peninsula, Normandy coast, France, intertidal associated with oyster shell, gazetteer estimate 49.5835, -1.2631 [Locality was earlier recorded in WoRMS as Mediterranean France, which is incorrect but of unknown origin] [details]
