WoRMS name details
Heterocossura aciculata Wu & Chen, 1977
336098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336098)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Heterocossura aciculata Wu & Chen, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336098 on 2026-07-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Wu, BaoLing; Chen, Mu. (1977). Heterocossura, a new genus of the Cossuridae (Polychaeta: Sedentaria). <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 23(1): 97-101.
page(s): 97-99 [Chinese], 100-101 [English], fig.1.A-G [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 97-99 [Chinese], 100-101 [English], fig.1.A-G [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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. [details]
source of synonymy 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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source of synonymy 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
page(s): 1104 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
