WoRMS name details
Cabira Webster, 1879
157289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157289)
accepted > unreplaced junior homonym
Genus
Cabira incerta Webster, 1879 (type by monotypy)
Paracabira Britaev & Saphronova, 1981 · unaccepted
- Species Cabira bohajensis Britaev & Saphronova, 1981
- Species Cabira brevicirris (Rangarajan, 1964)
- Species Cabira capensis (Day, 1963)
- Species Cabira incerta Webster, 1879
- Species Cabira mexicana Cardona-Gutiérrez & Tovar-Hernández, 2026
- Species Cabira pilargiformis (Uschakov & Wu, 1962)
- Species Cabira rangarajani Mandal, Harkantra & Salazar-Vallejo, 2007
- Species Cabira saithipae Plathong, Dean & Plathong, 2021
- Species Cabira thailandica Plathong, Dean & Plathong, 2021
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, Harrison Edwin. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 9: 202-269, plates I-XI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43082522
page(s): 267 [details]
page(s): 267 [details]
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. Although there is no obvious link to the worm name, according to Wikipedia Cabira or Kabeira...
Homonymy Cabira has long been thought to be a junior homonym (Leiper 1908), but is still unreplaced and recent authors who added...
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. Although there is no obvious link to the worm name, according to Wikipedia Cabira or Kabeira (/kəˈbaɪrə/; Greek: τὰ Κάβειρα) was a town of ancient Pontus in Asia minor, at the base of the range of Paryadres. It is likely to be located at modern Niksar in northern Turkey. [details]
Homonymy Cabira has long been thought to be a junior homonym (Leiper 1908), but is still unreplaced and recent authors who added...
Homonymy Cabira has long been thought to be a junior homonym (Leiper 1908), but is still unreplaced and recent authors who added taxa in 2007, 2021, and 2026 appear to be unaware of its uncertain validity. Altogether there are four Cabira homonyms with Webster's being the most junior. However, the purported senior names are somewhat dubious and may not have been tested for availability. If a homonym, perhaps the purported synonym Paracabira Britaev & Saphronova, 1981 could replace it. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Cabira Webster, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157289 on 2026-07-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Webster, Harrison Edwin. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 9: 202-269, plates I-XI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43082522
page(s): 267 [details]
original description (of Paracabira Britaev & Saphronova, 1981) Britaev, T.A. and Saphronova, M. A. 1981. New species of the family Pilargidae (Polychaeta) from the Sea of Japan and revision of the genus Cabira. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 60(9): 1314-1324. (look up in IMIS)
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page(s): 267 [details]
original description (of Paracabira Britaev & Saphronova, 1981) Britaev, T.A. and Saphronova, M. A. 1981. New species of the family Pilargidae (Polychaeta) from the Sea of Japan and revision of the genus Cabira. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 60(9): 1314-1324. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1322 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Revision of the Pilargidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including descriptions of new species, and redescription of the pelagic <i>Podarmus ploa</i> Chamberlain (Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 118(3525): 155-207., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7759547
page(s): 177-178 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 177-178 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Mandal, S.; Harkantra, S.N.; Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. (2007). <i>Cabira rangarajani</i> n.sp (Polychaeta : Pilargidae) from the Goa coast, central west coast of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1446: 21-29., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/3276
page(s): 27; note: includes a key to all species of Cabira [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Plathong, Jintana; Dean, Harlan K.; Plathong, Sakanan. (2021). Four new species of Pilargidae (Annelida: Pilarginae) from the Gulf of Thailand. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5071(4): 537-562., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5071.4.4
page(s): 551; note: Key to world species [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 27; note: includes a key to all species of Cabira [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Plathong, Jintana; Dean, Harlan K.; Plathong, Sakanan. (2021). Four new species of Pilargidae (Annelida: Pilarginae) from the Gulf of Thailand. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5071(4): 537-562., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5071.4.4
page(s): 551; note: Key to world species [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Pilargids with body cylindrical, integument with few verrucae, larger and more numerous in anterior and posterior ends. Lateral antennae papilliform, median antenna absent. Palps unfused, biarticulated, palpostyle minute. Paired ventrolateral palpal papillae present. Pharynx lacking terminal papillae; proximally with soft papillae or hardened denticles arranged in rows. Two pairs of tentacular cirri, minute. Deep constriction between the first segment and the first chaetiger. Dorsal and ventral cirri papilliform; the latter from chaetigers 1 or 3. Notochaetae are hooks, beginning from chaetigers 6 to 8. Neurochaetae are a variety of capillaries, limbate or non-limbate, smooth or finely serrated. Free living in shelf sediments. [details]Etymology Not stated, uncertain. Although there is no obvious link to the worm name, according to Wikipedia Cabira or Kabeira (/kəˈbaɪrə/; Greek: τὰ Κάβειρα) was a town of ancient Pontus in Asia minor, at the base of the range of Paryadres. It is likely to be located at modern Niksar in northern Turkey. [details]
Grammatical gender According to Pettibone (1966) Cabira is feminine. This is supported by the 'a' ending and by Webster's type species Cabira incerta having a feminine adjectival suffix. [details]
Homonymy Cabira has long been thought to be a junior homonym (Leiper 1908), but is still unreplaced and recent authors who added taxa in 2007, 2021, and 2026 appear to be unaware of its uncertain validity. Altogether there are four Cabira homonyms with Webster's being the most junior. However, the purported senior names are somewhat dubious and may not have been tested for availability. If a homonym, perhaps the purported synonym Paracabira Britaev & Saphronova, 1981 could replace it. [details]
