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Polychaeta taxon details

Colobranchus Schmarda, 1861 
AphiaID: 325741

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subjective synonym)
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Accepted name  Malacoceros Quatrefages, 1843
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Colobranchus tetracerus Schmarda, 1861 (type by monotypy)
Parent Spionidae Grube, 1850
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
page(s): 66 [details]


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

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 Species Colobranchus laevicornis

Species Colobranchus ciliatus Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Malacoceros tetracerus (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Colobranchus tetracerus Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Malacoceros tetracerus (Schmarda, 1861)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Taxonomy: Schmarda's Colobranchus tetracerus (from "Küste der Bretagne, im Sande") is figured with prominent prostomial lateral 'horns' and clearly is a Malacoceros or related genus. Past incorrect assignments to Scolelepis (pointed prostomium) relate to other concepts (eg. Fauvel, 1927) of Scolelepis. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325741
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2008-03-14 12:50:56Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2012-07-19 05:50:55Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Colobranchus 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=325741 on 2013-05-24