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Cirriformia afer (Ehlers, 1908) 
AphiaID: 332690

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Cirratuliformia (Suborder) > Cirratulidae (Family) > Cirriformia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cirriformia Hartman, 1936
Synonymised
taxa		  Cirratulus afer Ehlers, 1908 (objective synonym)
 Timarete afer ((Ehlers, 1908) (objective synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

basis of record: Day, J.H. 1967. A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Volume British Museum (Natural History) Publication 656. 1-878. British Museum (Natural History). London., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596  [details]

original description (from synonym): Ehlers, E. 1908. Die Bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer 'Valdivia' 1898-1899. Volume 16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687 [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Monro, Charles C. A. 1930. Polychaete worms. Discovery Reports, Cambridge, 2: 1-222. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332690
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Cirriformia afer (Ehlers, 1908). 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=332690 on 2013-06-20
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