Pontogenia chrysocoma (Baird, 1865) 
AphiaID: 129848

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder) > Aphroditidae (Family) > Pontogenia (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Pontogenia Claparède, 1868
Synonymised taxa		Aphrodita echinus Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym) Aphrodite echinus Quatrefages, 1866 (variant spelling) Hermione chrysocoma Baird, 1865 (objective synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Fauvel, P. 1913. Quatrième note préliminaire sur les Polychètes provenant des campagnées de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice, ou deposées dans le Musée Océanographique de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institute océanographique, 270: 1-80. [details] basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] from synonym: Quatrefages, Armand de. 1866. Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 1. 1-588. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. [some vol.2 species are also linked here but see also source 51472]., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Baird, William 1865. Contributions toward a monograph of the species of Annelides belonging to the Aphroditacea, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the national collection of the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 8: 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Pontogenia chrysocoma minuta Potts, 1910
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS
Notes		Description: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129848
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Bellan, Gérard 2007-01-22 09:31:04Z   checked   Barnich, Ruth 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Pontogenia chrysocoma (Baird, 1865). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129848 on 2013-05-23