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Castalia fusca (Johnston, 1836) 
AphiaID: 335075

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Hesionidae (Family) > Castalia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Psamathe fusca Johnston, 1836
Rank Species
Parent Castalia Savigny, 1822 accepted as Nereimyra Blainville, 1828
Sources  basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

basis of record: McIntosh, W.C. 1908. A monograph of British Annelids. Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA
page(s): 127 [details]

additional source: Southern, Rowland 1914. Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 31(47): 1-160.
page(s): 48 [details]

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Subspecies Castalia fusca hibernica Southern, 1914 accepted as Kefersteinia cirrata (Keferstein, 1862)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335075
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2012-02-19 20:39:06Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Castalia fusca (Johnston, 1836). 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=335075 on 2013-06-19
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