WoRMS name details
Cossurella pseudakaina Ewing, 1987
326859 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326859)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 6-8, fig. 2a-g [details]
page(s): 6-8, fig. 2a-g [details]
Note Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed
Type locality Gulf of Mexico [details]
Etymology Pseudakaina from Greek ("pseudes" meaning false and "akaina" meaning spine), refers to the broken acicular plumose setae in...
Etymology Pseudakaina from Greek ("pseudes" meaning false and "akaina" meaning spine), refers to the broken acicular plumose setae in the posterior region. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cossurella pseudakaina Ewing, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326859 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 6-8, fig. 2a-g [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 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 6-8, fig. 2a-g [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 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Pseudakaina from Greek ("pseudes" meaning false and "akaina" meaning spine), refers to the broken acicular plumose setae in the posterior region. [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]Type locality Gulf of Mexico [details]
