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Ceratocephala Malmgren, 1867 
AphiaID: 324845

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Nereididae (Family) > Gymnonereidinae (Subfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior homonym, misspelling)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ceratocephale Malmgren, 1867
Rank Genus
Parent Gymnonereidinae Banse, 1977
Sources  original description: Malmgren, A.J. 1867 b [Book version predates this publication] Annulater polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Grönlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Öfversigt af Konglia Vetenskaps- Akadamiens Förhandlingar 24(4): 127-235.
page(s): 176 [details]

basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

status source: Banse, K. (1977). Gymnonereidinae new subfamily: the Nereididae (Polychaeta) with bifid parapodial neurocirri. Journal of Natural History 11: 609-628. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Swedish hornsmörblommor  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 
Species Ceratocephala borealis Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Ceratocephale loveni Malmgren, 1867
Species Ceratocephala crosslandi (Monro, 1933) accepted as Gymnonereis crosslandi (Monro, 1933)
Species Ceratocephala edmondsi Hartman, 1954 accepted as Olganereis edmondsi (Hartman, 1954)
Species Ceratocephala fauveli Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Gymnonereis fauveli (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
Species Ceratocephala loveni Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Ceratocephale loveni Malmgren, 1867
Species Ceratocephala sibogae (Horst, 1918) accepted as Gymnonereis sibogae (Horst, 1918)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
Note  Homonymy: Fide Banse (1977) Ceratocephala Malmgren 1867 is preoccupied by Ceratocephala Warder, 1838, Trilobita (see Moore, 1959
for complete information and citation). In any case Banse reports that Ceratocephale Malmgren 1867 is the original spelling, thus senior. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324845
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-03-05 14:39:51Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2011-08-17 21:22:55Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Ceratocephala Malmgren, 1867. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324845 on 2013-05-20
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