WoRMS name details
Cassandane Kinberg, 1866
325725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325725)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Cassandane formosa Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Ophelia formosa (Kinberg, 1866) (type by monotypy)
- Species Cassandane formosa Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Ophelia formosa (Kinberg, 1866) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 256 [details]
page(s): 256 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cassandane Kinberg, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325725 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 256 [details]
page(s): 256 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Grube, A.E. (1869). Familie der Opheliaceen. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländischer Cultur.</em> 46: 59-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46562369
note: three mentions of Cassandane as a genus, in which it is uncertain if Grube regarded it as distinct. [details]
status source 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): 430; note: checklist listing with the species Cassandane formosa Kinberg referred to genus Ophelia [details] Available for editors
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note: three mentions of Cassandane as a genus, in which it is uncertain if Grube regarded it as distinct. [details]
status source 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): 430; note: checklist listing with the species Cassandane formosa Kinberg referred to genus Ophelia [details] Available for editors
