WoRMS taxon details
Saccocirrus Bobretzky, 1872
129550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129550)
accepted
Genus
- Species Saccocirrus cirratus Aiyar & Alikuhni, 1944
- Species Saccocirrus heterochaetus Jouin, 1975
- Species Saccocirrus maculatus Tenerelli, 1964
- Species Saccocirrus major Pierantoni, 1907
- Species Saccocirrus minor Aiyar & Alikuhni, 1944
- Species Saccocirrus oahuensis Bailey-Brock, Dreyer & Brock, 2003
- Species Saccocirrus orientalis Alikuhni, 1946
- Species Saccocirrus papillocercus Bobretzky, 1872
- Species Saccocirrus parvus Gerlach, 1953
- Species Saccocirrus pussicus Marcus, 1948
- Species Saccocirrus slateri Di Domenico, Martínez & Worsaae, 2019
- Species Saccocirrus waianaensis Bailey-Brock, Dreyer & Brock, 2003
- Species Saccocirrus alanhongi Bailey-Brock, Dreyer & Brock, 2003 accepted as Pharyngocirrus alanhongi (Bailey-Brock, Dreyer & Brock, 2003) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus archboldi Kirsteuer, 1967 accepted as Pharyngocirrus archiboldi (Kirsteuer, 1967) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus burchelli Silberbauer, 1969 accepted as Pharyngocirrus burchelli (Silberbauer, 1969) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus eroticus Gray, 1969 accepted as Pharyngocirrus eroticus (Gray, 1969) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus gabriellae Marcus, 1946 accepted as Pharyngocirrus gabriellae (Marcus, 1946) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus goodrichi Jouin-Toulmond & Gambi, 2007 accepted as Pharyngocirrus goodrichi (Jouin-Toulmond & Gambi, 2007) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus jouinae Brown, 1981 accepted as Pharyngocirrus jouinae (Brown, 1981) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus krusadensis Alikuhni, 1948 accepted as Pharyngocirrus krusadensis (Alikuhni, 1948) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus labilis Yamanishi, 1973 accepted as Pharyngocirrus labilis (Yamanishi, 1973) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus sonomacus Martin, 1977 accepted as Pharyngocirrus sonomacus (Martin, 1977) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus tridentiger Brown, 1981 accepted as Pharyngocirrus tridentiger (Brown, 1981) (superseded original combination)
- Species Saccocirrus uchidai Sasaki, 1981 accepted as Pharyngocirrus uchidai (Sasaki, 1981) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bobretzky, N. V. (1872). [Saccocirrus papillocercus n.gen., n.sp. - Comparative anatomy of a new type of annelid.]. <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ.</em> 2: 211-259., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100422735
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 213 [details]
Taxonomy Di Domenico et al (2014) split the genus on morphology and molecules and habitat, with members of the former...
Taxonomy Di Domenico et al (2014) split the genus on morphology and molecules and habitat, with members of the former ‘‘krusadensis’’ group inhabiting sheltered sandy habitats, and transferred to Pharyngocirrus, and members of the ‘‘papillocercus’’ group specialized to exposed sandy beaches, and remaining in Saccocirrus. While the authors emphasise the pharynx in Pharyngocirrus diagnosis ("Ventral muscular pharynx present."), they are silent on the state of the pharynx of Saccocirrus in its diagnosis. However, elsewhere (p. 215) they are emphatic it is not muscular, thus: "the most striking morphological difference between ‘‘papillocercus’’ and ‘‘krusadensis’’ clade is the lack of a ventral pharyngeal bulbus muscle in the ‘‘papillocercus’’ [clade]" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Saccocirrus Bobretzky, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129550 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Bobretzky, N. V. (1872). [Saccocirrus papillocercus n.gen., n.sp. - Comparative anatomy of a new type of annelid.]. <em>Zapiski Kievskago obshchestva estestvoispytateleĭ.</em> 2: 211-259., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100422735
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 213 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Di Domenico, Maikon; Martínez, A.; Lana, Paulo; Worsaae, Katrine. (2014). Molecular and morphological phylogeny of Saccocirridae (Annelida) reveals two cosmopolitan clades with specific habitat preferences. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 75: 202-218., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.003
page(s): 216; note: Transfer of twelve original Saccocirrus species to new genus Pharyngocirrus [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 216; note: Transfer of twelve original Saccocirrus species to new genus Pharyngocirrus [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Taxonomy Di Domenico et al (2014) split the genus on morphology and molecules and habitat, with members of the former ‘‘krusadensis’’ group inhabiting sheltered sandy habitats, and transferred to Pharyngocirrus, and members of the ‘‘papillocercus’’ group specialized to exposed sandy beaches, and remaining in Saccocirrus. While the authors emphasise the pharynx in Pharyngocirrus diagnosis ("Ventral muscular pharynx present."), they are silent on the state of the pharynx of Saccocirrus in its diagnosis. However, elsewhere (p. 215) they are emphatic it is not muscular, thus: "the most striking morphological difference between ‘‘papillocercus’’ and ‘‘krusadensis’’ clade is the lack of a ventral pharyngeal bulbus muscle in the ‘‘papillocercus’’ [clade]" [details]
