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Heterocossura Wu & Chen, 1977

325824  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325824)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Scolecida (Infraclass)
  7. Cossuridae (Family)
  8. Heterocossura (Genus)
 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
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  1. Species Heterocossura aciculata Wu & Chen, 1977 accepted as Cossura aciculata (Wu & Chen, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wu, BaoLing; Chen, Mu. (1977). Heterocossura, a new genus of the Cossuridae (Polychaeta: Sedentaria). <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 23(1): 97-101.
page(s): 97 [Chinese], 100 [English] [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Heterocossura Wu & Chen, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325824 on 2025-05-10
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2008-03-14 12:50:56Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2010-12-12 05:10:19Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2023-07-22 17:58:45Z
changed
Gil, João

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Nomenclature

original description Wu, BaoLing; Chen, Mu. (1977). Heterocossura, a new genus of the Cossuridae (Polychaeta: Sedentaria). <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 23(1): 97-101.
page(s): 97 [Chinese], 100 [English] [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Gardiner, Stephen L.; Wilson, Herbert, Jr. (1979). New records of polychaete annelids from North Carolina with the description of a new species of <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Syllidae). <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 93(4): 159-172., available online at http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jncas/id/3014
page(s): 168; note: with Cossurella Hartman, 1976, subsequently synonymized with Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy 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): 1097-1098; note: with Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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