WoRMS name details
Siphonostoma affine (Leidy, 1855)
336804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336804)
unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination using correct genus spelling)
Species
Siphonostoma Otto, 1821 accepted as Flabelligera Sars, 1829
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 148; note: as Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855 [details]
(of Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855) Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 148, no figure; note: from Beesley's Point, New Jersey, USA Atlantic coast [details]
page(s): 148; note: as Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855 [details]
(of Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855) Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 148, no figure; note: from Beesley's Point, New Jersey, USA Atlantic coast [details]
Neotype USNM, geounit Rhode I.
, Note originally New Jersey, USA Atlantic coast....
Neotype USNM, geounit Rhode I. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality originally New Jersey, USA Atlantic coast. Neotype erected by Salazar-Vallejo, specimen USNM 8882 collected 1880, off Point Judith (41.3608 -71.4814), Rhode Island, 20 m [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Siphonostoma affine (Leidy, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336804 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 148; note: as Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855 [details]
original description (of Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855) Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 148, no figure; note: from Beesley's Point, New Jersey, USA Atlantic coast [details]
page(s): 148; note: as Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855 [details]
original description (of Siphonostomum affine Leidy, 1855) Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
page(s): 148, no figure; note: from Beesley's Point, New Jersey, USA Atlantic coast [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 419; note: reported as synonym of Flabelligera affinis Sars [details] Available for editors
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redescription Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2014). Revision of Pherusa Oken, 1807 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3886(1): 1-61., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3886%281%29.html
page(s): 13; note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 419; note: reported as synonym of Flabelligera affinis Sars [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2014). Revision of Pherusa Oken, 1807 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3886(1): 1-61., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3886%281%29.html
page(s): 13; note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype USNM, geounit Rhode I. [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. Senior primary homonym of Siphonostoma affine Haswell, 1886. See also Pherusa affinis (Leidy, 1855). Although Leidy first used the genus spelling Siphonostomum, that spelling is incorrect and unavailable. [details]Neotype USNM 8882, collected off Rhode Island about 400 km from the original type locality in New Jersey. No original type material of Leidy is known. [details]
Original description "46. SIPHONOSTOMUM AFFINE, Leidy. Body cylindro-fusiform, minutely papillated, with four rows of fasciculi of setae; those of the anterior three segments directed forward; those of the first segment one-third of an inch long; those of the third segment one line long. Length to three inches, by two lines broad, with 80 13egments. Obtained by Mr. Ashmead, from Beesley's Point, N. J." [details]
Type locality originally New Jersey, USA Atlantic coast. Neotype erected by Salazar-Vallejo, specimen USNM 8882 collected 1880, off Point Judith (41.3608 -71.4814), Rhode Island, 20 m [details]
