Eunice schemacephala Schmarda, 1861 
AphiaID: 209817

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Eunicida (Order) > Eunicidae (Family) > Eunice (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Eunice Cuvier, 1817
Synonymised taxa		Sphaerodorum pentadactylum Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym) Staurocephalus gregaricus Mayer, 1900 (subjective synonym)
Sources		original description: Schmarda, Ludwig K. 1861. Neue wirbellose Thiere beobachtet und gesammelt auf einer Reise un die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. Erster Band (zweite halfte) Turbellarian, Rotatorien un Anneliden. 1-164. Wilhelm Engelmann. Leipzig., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details] basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details] basis of record: Hartman, O. 1944. Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 10(1): 1-237. [details] basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] from synonym: Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough 1900. An Atlantic Palolo, Staurocephalus gregaricus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 36(1): 1-14. [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Eunice schemacephala cubana Rioja, 1958 accepted as Eunice schemcephala cubana Rioja, 1958
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Caribbean Sea [details] Cuba [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209817
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-08-26 11:57:53Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Eunice schemacephala Schmarda, 1861. 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=209817 on 2013-05-24