WoRMS name details
Conconia Schmarda, 1861
325743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325743)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Conconia caerulea Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Sthenelais caerulea (Schmarda, 1861) (type by monotypy)
- Species Conconia caerulea Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Sthenelais caerulea (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
Taxonomy As Conconia is monotypic the transfer of C. caerulea to Sthenelais means that Conconia is a junior synonym of Sthenelais....
Taxonomy As Conconia is monotypic the transfer of C. caerulea to Sthenelais means that Conconia is a junior synonym of Sthenelais. This was first reported by Quatrefages, and Chamberlin and also Pettibone agreed with the generic placement. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Conconia Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325743 on 2026-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 279; note: Conconia caerulea treated as a species of Sthenelais [details]
status source Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Partial revision of the genus Sthenelais Kinberg (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae) with diagnoses of two new genera. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 109: 1-40., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5688
page(s): 3 [details]
page(s): 279; note: Conconia caerulea treated as a species of Sthenelais [details]
status source Pettibone, Marian H. (1971). Partial revision of the genus Sthenelais Kinberg (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae) with diagnoses of two new genera. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 109: 1-40., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/5688
page(s): 3 [details]
Other
additional source
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1875). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditen. (Gruppe Hermionea und Sigalionina). <em>Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur.</em> 52: 57-79., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38491723
page(s): 79 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy As Conconia is monotypic the transfer of C. caerulea to Sthenelais means that Conconia is a junior synonym of Sthenelais. This was first reported by Quatrefages, and Chamberlin and also Pettibone agreed with the generic placement. [details]
