WoRMS name details
Cymospira gigantea (Pallas, 1766)
380916 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380916)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Serpula gigantea Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 139; note: Serpula gigantea (in large font) is title of a section, beginning p.139 [details]
page(s): 139; note: Serpula gigantea (in large font) is title of a section, beginning p.139 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Cymospira gigantea (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380916 on 2026-02-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Serpula gigantea Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 139; note: Serpula gigantea (in large font) is title of a section, beginning p.139 [details]
new combination reference Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 31, plate XXI fig. 180; note: recombined from Serpula [details]
page(s): 139; note: Serpula gigantea (in large font) is title of a section, beginning p.139 [details]
new combination reference Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 31, plate XXI fig. 180; note: recombined from Serpula [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
