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Polychaeta taxon details

Pherusa aspera (Stimpson, 1853)

157527  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157527)

accepted
Species
Siphonostoma asperum Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)  
superseded subsequent combination using correct genus spelling
Siphonostomum asperum Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted (superseded original combination...)  
superseded original combination with incorrect genus spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Siphonostomum asperum Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 31-32 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part]  
type locality contained in Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including the Cobscook Bay  
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including the Cobscook Bay [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pherusa aspera (Stimpson, 1853). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157527 on 2025-09-18
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2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2025-05-25 19:53:55Z
changed

original description (of Siphonostomum asperum Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 31-32 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] 

redescription Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2014). Revision of Pherusa Oken, 1807 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3886(1): 1-61., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3886%281%29.html
page(s): 17-19, fig. 4A-E; note: distinguishes from Pherusa plumosa [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 420; note: recombined from Siphonostoma [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras, including the Cobscook Bay [details]