WoRMS name details

Cymospira megasoma Quatrefages, 1866

337970  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337970)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Sabellida (Order)
  8. Serpulidae (Family)
  9. Cymospira (Genus)
  10. Cymospira megasoma (Species)
 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): p.541 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Brazil  
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]
Taxonomy diagnosis incomplete, but most likely synonym of Spirobranchus giganteus  
Taxonomy diagnosis incomplete, but most likely synonym of Spirobranchus giganteus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cymospira megasoma Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337970 on 2025-04-28
Date
action
by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2009-01-20 16:19:10Z
changed
ten Hove, Harry

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Nomenclature

original description Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): p.541 [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source ten Hove, Harry A. (1970). Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: I - The genus <i>Spirobranchus</i>. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 32: 1-57, plates I-V., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506140 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy diagnosis incomplete, but most likely synonym of Spirobranchus giganteus [details]

Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Brazil [details]

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