WoRMS name details
Chaunorhynchus Chamberlin, 1919
324878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324878)
unaccepted (unneeded replacement name for preoccupied Ceratocephala )
Genus
Ceratocephale loveni Malmgren, 1867 (type by typification of replaced name)
- Species Chaunorhynchus andaman (Hylleberg & Nateewathana, 1988) accepted as Ceratocephale andaman Hylleberg & Natewathana, 1988 (recombination to invalid genus)
- Species Chaunorhynchus crosslandi Monro, 1933 accepted as Gymnonereis crosslandi (Monro, 1933) (superseded original combination)
- Species Chaunorhynchus loveni (Malmgren, 1867) accepted as Ceratocephale loveni Malmgren, 1867 (recombination to invalid genus)
- Species Chaunorhynchus pacificus (Hartman, 1960) accepted as Ceratocephale pacifica (Hartman, 1960) (recombination to invalid genus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 194 [details]
page(s): 194 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Chaunorhynchus Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324878 on 2026-10-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 194 [details]
page(s): 194 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Banse, Karl. (1977). Gymnonereidinae new subfamily: the Nereididae (Polychaeta) with bifid parapodial neurocirri. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 11(6): 609-628., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937700770541
page(s): 614 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 614 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here].
page(s): 508 [details]
page(s): 508 [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Vieitez et al (2004) treat this genus as valid, but it is not, as explained by Banse (1977). They give no explanation for the revival, thus their placements are rejected here. [details]
Unreviewed
Image from typetaxon
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