WoRMS name details
Cistena pectinata (Sowerby, 1806)
1037433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1037433)
unaccepted (superseded recombination of subjective senior synonym, suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1225)
Species
Cistena Leach, 1816 accepted as Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nereis pectinata Sowerby, 1806) Sowerby, J. (1805). The British miscellany; or, Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects : many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the British Isles: and chiefly in the possession of the author, James Sowerby. R. Taylor & Co., London, No.2: 13-21, pls.5-8., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.41623
page(s): 107 & colour plate 51 [details]
page(s): 107 & colour plate 51 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Cistena pectinata (Sowerby, 1806). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037433 on 2026-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nereis pectinata Sowerby, 1806) Sowerby, J. (1805). The British miscellany; or, Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects : many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the British Isles: and chiefly in the possession of the author, James Sowerby. R. Taylor & Co., London, No.2: 13-21, pls.5-8., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.41623
page(s): 107 & colour plate 51 [details]
page(s): 107 & colour plate 51 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
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: authors create the new combination Cistena pectinata, but the original usages of both names were later suppressed by the ICZN [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, Nereis pectinata, is suppressed for synonymy [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Nielsen, Claus; Kirkegaard, Jorgen B.; Lemche, Henning. (1977). Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta), and the specific names P. belgica (Pallas, 1766) and P. koreni (Malmgren, 1866) to be validated under the plenary powers. Z.N. (S.) 2202. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 34(2): 112-122., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12226369
page(s): 114; note: analyse what Nereis pectinata Sowerby might have been [details]
page(s): 89; note: authors create the new combination Cistena pectinata, but the original usages of both names were later suppressed by the ICZN [details] Available for editors
[request]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, Nereis pectinata, is suppressed for synonymy [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Nielsen, Claus; Kirkegaard, Jorgen B.; Lemche, Henning. (1977). Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta), and the specific names P. belgica (Pallas, 1766) and P. koreni (Malmgren, 1866) to be validated under the plenary powers. Z.N. (S.) 2202. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 34(2): 112-122., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12226369
page(s): 114; note: analyse what Nereis pectinata Sowerby might have been [details]
