WoRMS name details
Cossurella sima (Fauchald, 1972)
332720 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332720)
unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cossura sima Fauchald, 1972) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 212-213, plate 42 figs. b-d, plate 43 figs. a-d [details]
page(s): 212-213, plate 42 figs. b-d, plate 43 figs. a-d [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cossurella sima (Fauchald, 1972). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332720 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cossura sima Fauchald, 1972) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 212-213, plate 42 figs. b-d, plate 43 figs. a-d [details]
new combination reference Gardiner, Stephen L.; Wilson, Herbert, Jr. (1979). New records of polychaete annelids from North Carolina with the description of a new species of <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Syllidae). <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 93(4): 159-172., available online at http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jncas/id/3014
page(s): 168; note: from Cossura, recombined as Cossurella sima [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 212-213, plate 42 figs. b-d, plate 43 figs. a-d [details]
new combination reference Gardiner, Stephen L.; Wilson, Herbert, Jr. (1979). New records of polychaete annelids from North Carolina with the description of a new species of <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Syllidae). <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 93(4): 159-172., available online at http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jncas/id/3014
page(s): 168; note: from Cossura, recombined as Cossurella sima [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
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): 9 [details]
page(s): 9 [details]