WoRMS name details

Cossurella pettiboneae Ewing, 1987

326858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326858)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ewing, R. Michael 1987. Review of the genus Cossurella (Polychaeta: Cossuridae) including descriptions of two new species and a key to the species of the world. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 7: 3-10.
page(s): 3-6, fig. 1a-f [details] 
Type locality contained in Puerto Rican part of the Caribbean Sea  
type locality contained in Puerto Rican part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
, Note Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico  
Unreviewed
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Cossurella pettiboneae Ewing, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326858 on 2026-09-02
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2010-12-12 05:10:19Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description Ewing, R. Michael 1987. Review of the genus Cossurella (Polychaeta: Cossuridae) including descriptions of two new species and a key to the species of the world. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 7: 3-10.
page(s): 3-6, fig. 1a-f [details] 

new combination reference 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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]

Type locality Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico [details]