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Staurocephalus gregaricus Mayer, 1900

336609  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336609)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Eunicida (Order)
  7. Dorvilleidae (Family)
  8. Staurocephalus (Genus)
  9. Staurocephalus gregaricus (Species)
 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1900). An Atlantic Palolo, Staurocephalus gregaricus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 36(1): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30098249
page(s): 2-12, plate 1 figs. 1-9, plate 2 figs. 10-17, plate 3 figs. 18-27 [details] 
Note Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida, 24.6337, -82.9215 [details]
Taxonomy Mayer (1900) described a Eunice reproductive tail ends as a Staurocephalus (Dorvilleidae) species, but soon corrected his...  
Taxonomy Mayer (1900) described a Eunice reproductive tail ends as a Staurocephalus (Dorvilleidae) species, but soon corrected his mistake. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Staurocephalus gregaricus Mayer, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336609 on 2025-06-16
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2014-10-26 22:16:29Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2021-01-14 02:55:06Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1900). An Atlantic Palolo, Staurocephalus gregaricus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 36(1): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30098249
page(s): 2-12, plate 1 figs. 1-9, plate 2 figs. 10-17, plate 3 figs. 18-27 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1902). The Atlantic palolo. <em>The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Sciences bulletin.</em> 1(3): 93-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50943311
page(s): 93 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1908). The annual breeding-swarm of the Atlantic Palolo. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 102: 107-112., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1632941
page(s): 107 [details] 

Syntype MCZ unknown, geounit Florida Keys [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Mayer later changed the spelling of his name to Mayor, to avoid problems in the USA with bias against names of Germanic heritage.  [details]

Taxonomy Mayer (1900) described a Eunice reproductive tail ends as a Staurocephalus (Dorvilleidae) species, but soon corrected his mistake. [details]

Type locality Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida, 24.6337, -82.9215 [details]

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