WoRMS taxon details
Cossura consimilis Read, 2000
326849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326849)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Read, Geoffrey B. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of a new <i>Cossura</i> species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Cossuridae) from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 113(4): 1096-1110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35517577
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Cossura consimilis Read, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326849 on 2026-08-21
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Nomenclature
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Read, Geoffrey B. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of a new <i>Cossura</i> species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Cossuridae) from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 113(4): 1096-1110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35517577
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page(s): 1099-1106, figs. 1-4, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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Zhadan, Anna. (2015). Cossuridae (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sedentaria) from Australian and adjacent waters: the first faunistic survey. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 67(1): 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1639
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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]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NIWA 1467 [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality South Pacific, New Zealand, Stewart Island, Big Glory Bay [details]
