Pomatoceros caeruleus (Schmarda, 1861) 
AphiaID: 334587

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family) > Pomatoceros (Genus)

Status		species inquirenda
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Pomatoceros Philippi, 1844 accepted as Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818
Synonymised taxa		Pomatoceros coeruleus (Schmarda, 1861) (variant spelling) Vermilia caerulea (Schmarda, 1861) (objective synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [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, 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: Knox, G. A. 1953. The intertidal ecology of Taylor's Mistake, Banks Peninsula. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 81(2): 189-220. [details] [view taxon] 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 page(s): 512, 513 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hutton, F. W. 1878. Catalog of the hitherto undescribed worms of New Zealand. (Turbellaria,Trematoda, Nermertina, Gephyrea, Chaetopoda). Transactions New Zealand Inst. 11: 314-327. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To ITIS
Note		Taxonomic Remark: A very confused taxon. Schmarda's material from the Cape of Good Hope (and other records from this area) most probably should be attributed to Pomatoleios kraussii, that from New Zealand (and more records from this area) to Spirobranchus cariniferus. However, material under this name from temperate American Atlantic is Pomatoceros americanus. Hartman (1956) used the name for a redescription of Pomatoceros davaoensis, a synonym of Spirobranchus corniculatus. Finally Day (1975: 204) used it for what probably would be recognized now as P. taeniatus. All records should be reviewed. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334587
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-17 10:44:16Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2009-09-18 20:02:10Z   changed   ten Hove, Harry
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		Citation: ten Hove, H.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Pomatoceros caeruleus (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=334587 on 2013-05-22