WoRMS name details
Siphonostoma laeve Stimpson, 1855
336811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336811)
unaccepted (superseded combination with correct genus spelling)
Species
Siphonostoma Otto, 1821 accepted as Flabelligera Sars, 1829
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Siphonostomum laeve Stimpson, 1855) Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499
page(s): 391 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 391 [no figures] [details]
Note South Africa
Unreviewed
Type locality South Africa [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Siphonostoma laeve Stimpson, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336811 on 2026-08-15
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Siphonostomum laeve Stimpson, 1855) Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499
page(s): 391 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 391 [no figures] [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Day, J. H. (1955). The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 42(287): 407-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02216.x [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
