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Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 
AphiaID: 324848

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Nereididae (Family) > Nereidinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Nereis costae Grube, 1840 (type by original designation)
Parent Nereidinae Blainville, 1818
Synonymised
taxa		  Ceratonereis (Composetia) Hartmann-Schröder, 1985
Sources  original description: Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1985. Revision der Gattung Ceratonereis Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut, 82: 37-59.
page(s): 49 [details]

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

redescription: Bakken, Torkild and Wilson, Robin S. 2005. Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. Zoologica Scripta, 34(5):507-547
page(s): 520 [details]

status source: Khlebovich, V.V. 1996. [Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. Polychaetous annelids. Volume III. Polychaetes of the family Nereididae of the Russian Seas and the adjacent waters]. Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, St Petersburg, n.s. no. 140, Nauka Publishing House 222 pp.
page(s): 123 [details]

from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Composetia irritabilis (Webster, 1879)
Species Composetia scotiae (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1956)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Note  Taxonomy: Erected as a subgenus of Ceratonereis [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324848
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-03-05 14:39:51Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2011-08-24 22:34:11Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985. 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=324848 on 2013-05-21
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