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Cossuridae Day, 1963 
AphiaID: 908

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Scolecida
Sources  basis of record: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

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

taxonomy source: Read, G. B. 2000. Taxonomy and distribution of a new Cossura species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Cossuridae) from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113(4): 1096-1110. [details]

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taxa
[show all]		 Genus Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887

Genus Cossurella Hartman, 1976 accepted as Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887
Genus Heterocossura Wu & Chen, 1977 accepted as Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:908
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2010-03-03 00:50:30Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Cossuridae. 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=908 on 2013-05-26
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