WoRMS name details
Cistena cylindraria (Pallas, 1766)
1037432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1037432)
unaccepted (recombination to a genus name suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1225)
Species
Cistena Leach, 1816 accepted as Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nereis cylindraria Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. [Peter Simon]. (1766). Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. <em>[Book] Hagí Comitum., xii.</em> 224: 14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321032, https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 117; note: Not described as a nominal species, rather only as its two subspecies, capensis and belgica [details]
page(s): 117; note: Not described as a nominal species, rather only as its two subspecies, capensis and belgica [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Cistena cylindraria (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037432 on 2026-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nereis cylindraria Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. [Peter Simon]. (1766). Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. <em>[Book] Hagí Comitum., xii.</em> 224: 14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321032, https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 117; note: Not described as a nominal species, rather only as its two subspecies, capensis and belgica [details]
new combination reference Lucas, J. A. W.; Holthuis, L. B. (1975). On the identity and nomenclature of 'Pectinaria belgica Pallas, 1766)' (Polychaeta, Amphictenidae). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden.</em> 49(9): 85-90., available online at https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149639
page(s): 89; note: new combination in Cistena [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 117; note: Not described as a nominal species, rather only as its two subspecies, capensis and belgica [details]
new combination reference Lucas, J. A. W.; Holthuis, L. B. (1975). On the identity and nomenclature of 'Pectinaria belgica Pallas, 1766)' (Polychaeta, Amphictenidae). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden.</em> 49(9): 85-90., available online at https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149639
page(s): 89; note: new combination in Cistena [details] Available for editors
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status source
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1982). OPINION 1225: Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818, Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766 and Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta): conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 39(3): 186-191., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12228099
note: original name is suppressed [details] Available for editors [request]
note: original name is suppressed [details] Available for editors
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