WoRMS name details
Cistena pallassii Leach, 1816
337497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337497)
unaccepted (objective synonym, suppressed for priority by ICZN)
Species
Cistena Leach, 1816 accepted as Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818
Cistena pallasii · unaccepted (lapsus calami by various authors...)
lapsus calami by various authors for intended C. pallassii
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498
page(s): 452, plate XXVI 1 figure [details]
page(s): 452, plate XXVI 1 figure [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Cistena pallassii Leach, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337497 on 2026-09-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498
page(s): 452, plate XXVI 1 figure [details]
page(s): 452, plate XXVI 1 figure [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Lucas, J. A. W.; Holthuis, L. B. (1975). On the identity and nomenclature of 'Pectinaria belgica Pallas, 1766)' (Polychaeta, Amphictenidae). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden.</em> 49(9): 85-90., available online at https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149639
note: includes along with Lagis koreni as synonym of Cistena cylindraria [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631 [details]
status source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1982). OPINION 1225: Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818, Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766 and Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta): conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 39(3): 186-191., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12228099
page(s): 186; note: suppressed for priority [details] Available for editors [request]
note: includes along with Lagis koreni as synonym of Cistena cylindraria [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631 [details]
status source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1982). OPINION 1225: Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818, Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766 and Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta): conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 39(3): 186-191., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12228099
page(s): 186; note: suppressed for priority [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Suppressed by ICZN, presumably mainly because the genus is the oldest genus in the pectinariids. It is senior to Malmgren's Lagis koreni. It is not senior to the original name of the current name Pectinaria belgica, the other confused name maintained in the ICZN Opinion. Malmgren placed Cistena pallasii [sic] as a synonym under Pectinaria belgica Pallas. It is an objective synonym to Nereis cylindraria as Leach appears to create an unnecessary replacement name for N. cylindraria [var belgica] when he names Cistena pallassii and includes N. cylindraria as a synonym. That action is not possible under the ICZN Code of today. The proposal of Lucas and Holthuis (1975: 87) would have maintained this objective synonymy, but the ICZN Opinion 1225 renders the name relationships to be irrelevant. Strictly Cistena pallassii is suppressed and no longer a synonym of any valid name, although the link to N. cylindraria belgica (via Pectinaria belgica) is maintained here to aid understanding. [details]Spelling The original spelling is Cistena pallassii with a double s. This is the spelling used in the ICZN Opinion. However, most frequently the spelling used has been the expected 'pallasii'. This single s is for example the spelling used in McIntosh (1922) monograph under Lagis koreni, and in the Hartman catalogue. [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, England [details]
