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Cirratulus fuscescens Johnston, 1825

326775  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326775)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Terebellida (Order)
  8. Cirratuliformia (Suborder)
  9. Cirratulidae (Family)
  10. Cirratulus (Genus)
  11. Cirratulus fuscescens (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, G. (1825). Contributions to the British fauna [Article 2]. <em>The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal.</em> 13: 218-222., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50894122
page(s): 219 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
, Note Atlantic Ocean, England  
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, England [details]
Nomenclature Johnston gives no indication the species is new, but equally he does not mention a previous authority. There is no...  
Nomenclature Johnston gives no indication the species is new, but equally he does not mention a previous authority. There is no pre-existing species name 'fuscescens' in Cirratulidae [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cirratulus fuscescens Johnston, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326775 on 2025-05-04
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

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Nomenclature

original description Johnston, G. (1825). Contributions to the British fauna [Article 2]. <em>The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal.</em> 13: 218-222., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50894122
page(s): 219 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650
page(s): 249; note: listed in the synonymy of Cirratulus cirratus, along with C. flavescens [details] OpenAccess publication

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

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Nomenclature Johnston gives no indication the species is new, but equally he does not mention a previous authority. There is no pre-existing species name 'fuscescens' in Cirratulidae [details]

Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, England [details]
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