Placostegus cariniferus (Gray, 1843) 
AphiaID: 335125

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

Status		unaccepted (objective synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Spirobranchus cariniferus (Gray, 1843)
Rank		Species
Parent		Placostegus Philippi, 1844
Sources		basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: 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] new combination reference: Baird, William 1865. Description of several new species and varieties of tubicolous Annelides =tribe Limivora of Grube, in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 8: 10-22. [details]
All child taxa [hide all]		Subspecies Placostegus cariniferus kraussii Baird, 1865 accepted as Pomatoleios kraussii (Baird, 1865)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335125
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-17 10:44:16Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2009-07-31 12:33:51Z   changed   ten Hove, Harry
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		Citation: ten Hove, H.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Placostegus cariniferus (Gray, 1843). 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=335125 on 2013-06-19