WoRMS taxon details
Chrysopetalum occidentale Johnson, 1897
326752 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326752)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 161-162, plate V figs. 15-16, plate VI figs. 17-19 [details]
page(s): 161-162, plate V figs. 15-16, plate VI figs. 17-19 [details]
Note San Pedro, California, Pacific Ocean
Type locality San Pedro, California, Pacific Ocean [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chrysopetalum occidentale Johnson, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326752 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 161-162, plate V figs. 15-16, plate VI figs. 17-19 [details]
page(s): 161-162, plate V figs. 15-16, plate VI figs. 17-19 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando. (2018). Chrysopetalids (Phyllodocida: Chrysopetalidae) from the southern Mexican Pacific, including a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4521(1): 61-88., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4521.1.3
page(s): 71, figures; note: new records from Mexico, description, figures [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Cruz-Gómez, Christopher. (2021). A new genus and seven new species of chrysopetalids (Annelida, Chrysopetalidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5068(1): 1-59., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5068.1.1
page(s): 43, figures 22, 26; note: description for additional records from Baja California Sur, Jalisco, Guerrero etc [details] Available for editors
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redescription Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 71, figures; note: new records from Mexico, description, figures [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Cruz-Gómez, Christopher. (2021). A new genus and seven new species of chrysopetalids (Annelida, Chrysopetalidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5068(1): 1-59., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5068.1.1
page(s): 43, figures 22, 26; note: description for additional records from Baja California Sur, Jalisco, Guerrero etc [details] Available for editors

redescription Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Kudenov, Jerry D. (1975). Errant polychaetes from the Gulf of California, Mexico. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 9(1): 65-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937500770061
page(s): 68-69 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 68-69 [details] Available for editors

additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors






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Type locality San Pedro, California, Pacific Ocean [details]