WoRMS taxon details
Pista elongata Moore, 1909
330759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330759)
accepted
Species
Pista maculata Marenzeller, 1884 · unaccepted (replaced junior homonym to Pista...)
replaced junior homonym to Pista maculata (Dalyell, 1853)
Pista marenzelleri Hessle, 1917 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, J. Percy. (1909). Polychaetous annelids from Monterey Bay and San Diego, California. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 61: 235-295, plates VII-IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288296
page(s): 270-272, plate IX figs. 45-47; note: long description based on 4 intertidal San Diego specimens. Morphology is compared to Pista marenzelleri (as P. maculata) [details]
page(s): 270-272, plate IX figs. 45-47; note: long description based on 4 intertidal San Diego specimens. Morphology is compared to Pista marenzelleri (as P. maculata) [details]
Holotype CAS 44, geounit San Diego Bay , Note Pacific Ocean, San Diego, California
Holotype CAS 44, geounit San Diego Bay [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, San Diego, California [details]
Nomenclature Pista elongata is valid, although apparently junior to Pista maculata Marenzeller, because the latter is a junior homonym...
Nomenclature Pista elongata is valid, although apparently junior to Pista maculata Marenzeller, because the latter is a junior homonym and its replacement new name of P. marenzelleri dates from 1917 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista elongata Moore, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330759 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Moore, J. Percy. (1909). Polychaetous annelids from Monterey Bay and San Diego, California. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 61: 235-295, plates VII-IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288296
page(s): 270-272, plate IX figs. 45-47; note: long description based on 4 intertidal San Diego specimens. Morphology is compared to Pista marenzelleri (as P. maculata) [details]
original description (of Pista maculata Marenzeller, 1884) Marenzeller, E. von. (1885 [as separate 1884]). Südjapanische Anneliden. II. Ampharetea, Terebellacea, Sabellacea, Serpulacea. <em>Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien.</em> 49 (2): 197-224, 4 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7102598
page(s): 204-205, plate I fig. 5; note: junior secondary homonym to Pista maculata (Dalyell, 1853) [details]
original description (of Pista marenzelleri Hessle, 1917) Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 157-158 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 270-272, plate IX figs. 45-47; note: long description based on 4 intertidal San Diego specimens. Morphology is compared to Pista marenzelleri (as P. maculata) [details]
original description (of Pista maculata Marenzeller, 1884) Marenzeller, E. von. (1885 [as separate 1884]). Südjapanische Anneliden. II. Ampharetea, Terebellacea, Sabellacea, Serpulacea. <em>Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien.</em> 49 (2): 197-224, 4 plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7102598
page(s): 204-205, plate I fig. 5; note: junior secondary homonym to Pista maculata (Dalyell, 1853) [details]
original description (of Pista marenzelleri Hessle, 1917) Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 157-158 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Hilbig, Brigitte 2000. Family Terebellidae Grube, 1851. pages 231-294. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 273; note: Description. Does not include a synonymy [details]
page(s): 273; note: Description. Does not include a synonymy [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Loi, Tran-ngoc. (1980). Catalogue of the types of polychaete species erected by J. Percy Moore. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 132: 121-149., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/4064752 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1068 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Loi, Tran-ngoc. (1980). Catalogue of the types of polychaete species erected by J. Percy Moore. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 132: 121-149., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/4064752 [details] Available for editors

additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1068 [details] Available for editors

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors






Holotype CAS 44, geounit San Diego Bay [details]
Paratype ANSP 2525, geounit San Diego Bay [details]
Paratype CAS 71, geounit San Diego Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Pista elongata is valid, although apparently junior to Pista maculata Marenzeller, because the latter is a junior homonym and its replacement new name of P. marenzelleri dates from 1917 [details]Unreviewed
Specimen California Academy of Science, San Francisco; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia [details]Type locality Pacific Ocean, San Diego, California [details]
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Japanese | ナガレフサゴカイ | [details] |