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Quadricirra Banse, 1977 
AphiaID: 326011

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Nereididae (Family) > Nereidinae (Subfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subjective synonym)
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Accepted name  Micronereis Claparède, 1863
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Micronereis halei Hartman, 1954 (type by original designation)
Parent Nereidinae Blainville, 1818
Sources  original description: Banse, K. 1977. A new subfamily, Notophycinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae) for Micronereis Claparède and Quadricirra new genus, in D.J. Reish and K. Fauchald eds., Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman: Los Angeles, The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, p. 115-140.
page(s): 125 [details]


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

source of synonymy: Paxton, H. 1983. Revision of the genus Micronereis (Polychaeta: Nereididae: Notophycinae). Records of the Australian Museum 35: 1-18. [details]

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Species Quadricirra bansei Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Micronereis bansei (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Synonymy: According to Paxton (1983) "The genus Quadricirra Banse, 1977 is not recognized, since its principal diagnostic character, the presence of accessory parapodial cirri, is sexually dimorphic and cannot be correlated with other characters." [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326011
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Date   action   by
2008-03-14 12:50:56Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2011-08-27 04:10:53Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Quadricirra Banse, 1977. 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=326011 on 2013-05-22
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