World Register of Deep-Sea species - Clymenura (Cephalata) lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885)

Deep-Sea name details

Clymenura (Cephalata) lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885)

AphiaID

484657 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:484657)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid subgenus)

Accepted name

Clymenura lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885)

Rank

Species

Parent

Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 accepted as Clymenura Verrill, 1900

Original name

Praxilla lankesteri McIntosh, 1885

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Praxilla lankesteri McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 403-404, plate XXVA fig. 3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Clymenura (Cephalata) lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484657 on 2026-08-13

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Clymenura (Cephalata) lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484657 on 2026-08-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-24 01:18:32Z

created

Read, Geoffrey

2011-06-21 01:53:01Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description (of Praxilla lankesteri McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 403-404, plate XXVA fig. 3 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

redescription Imajima, M.; Shiraki, Y. (1982). Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part 1. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology). 8(1): 1-46., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311971/en
page(s): 16-19, figs. 3a-n, 4a-d [details]

Language	Name
Japanese	タテタケフシゴカイ	[details]

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