WoRMS name details
Phyllochaetopterus pictus Crossland, 1903
336440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336440)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Crossland, Cyril. (1903). On the marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland in the years 1901 and 1902. - Polychaeta. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 73(1): 169-176, plates XVI-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598765
page(s): 174-176, plate XVI fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 174-176, plate XVI fig. 5 [details]
Type locality contained in East Africa
, Note Indian Ocean, eastern Africa
type locality contained in East Africa [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, eastern Africa [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Phyllochaetopterus pictus Crossland, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336440 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Crossland, Cyril. (1903). On the marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland in the years 1901 and 1902. - Polychaeta. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 73(1): 169-176, plates XVI-XVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598765
page(s): 174-176, plate XVI fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 174-176, plate XVI fig. 5 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fauvel, Pierre. (1916). Annélides polychètes des Iles Falkland recueillies par M. Rupert Vallentin Esq<sup>re</sup> (1902-1910). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 55(10): 417-482, plates VIII-IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6316033 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Augener, H. (1914). Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. pp. 1-72. In: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 51-53 [details]
additional source Augener, H. (1914). Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. pp. 1-72. In: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 51-53 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
