WoRMS name details
Ceratocephale websteri Verrill, 1879
338881 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338881)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 172-173, no figures; note: East of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms. [details]
page(s): 172-173, no figures; note: East of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms. [details]
Note author: USA Atlantic East coast "Twenty-four...
From editor or global species database
Type locality author: USA Atlantic East coast "Twenty-four miles east of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms, soft mud (U. S. Fish Commission). Only one specimen, which lacks the posterior portion of the body." [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts [details]
Etymology author: Ceratocephale websteri is "Dedicated to Professor H. E. Webster, who has largely contributed to the knowledge of...
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Etymology author: Ceratocephale websteri is "Dedicated to Professor H. E. Webster, who has largely contributed to the knowledge of American Annelids." [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. Ceratocephale websteri Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338881 on 2026-07-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 172-173, no figures; note: East of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms. [details]
page(s): 172-173, no figures; note: East of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, O. 1944. New England Annelida. Part 2. Including the unpublished plates by Verrill with reconstructed captions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 82(7): 331-343., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1052 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: Ceratocephale websteri is "Dedicated to Professor H. E. Webster, who has largely contributed to the knowledge of American Annelids." [details]Type locality author: USA Atlantic East coast "Twenty-four miles east of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms, soft mud (U. S. Fish Commission). Only one specimen, which lacks the posterior portion of the body." [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Peabody Museum, Yale University [details]Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts [details]
Unreviewed
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