WoRMS taxon details
Cossura pettiboneae (Ewing, 1987)
555206 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555206)
accepted
Species
Cossurella pettiboneae Ewing, 1987 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cossurella pettiboneae Ewing, 1987) Ewing, R. Michael 1987. Review of the genus Cossurella (Polychaeta: Cossuridae) including descriptions of two new species and a key to the species of the world. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 7: 3-10.
page(s): 3-6, fig. 1a-f [details]
page(s): 3-6, fig. 1a-f [details]
Type locality contained in Puerto Rican part of the Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Puerto Rican part of the Caribbean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cossura pettiboneae (Ewing, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555206 on 2025-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cossurella pettiboneae Ewing, 1987) Ewing, R. Michael 1987. Review of the genus Cossurella (Polychaeta: Cossuridae) including descriptions of two new species and a key to the species of the world. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 7: 3-10.
page(s): 3-6, fig. 1a-f [details]
new combination reference Read, Geoffrey B. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of a new <i>Cossura</i> species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Cossuridae) from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 113(4): 1096-1110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35517577
page(s): 1105 [table 1]; note: from Cossurella, recombined as Cossura pettiboneae [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 3-6, fig. 1a-f [details]
new combination reference Read, Geoffrey B. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of a new <i>Cossura</i> species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Cossuridae) from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 113(4): 1096-1110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35517577
page(s): 1105 [table 1]; note: from Cossurella, recombined as Cossura pettiboneae [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
