MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887

ERMS taxon details

Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887

AphiaID

129251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129251)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Cossura longocirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Cossuridae Day, 1963

Orig. name

Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887

Direct children (5)

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Species Cossura coasta Kitamori, 1960
Species Cossura delta Reish, 1958
Species Cossura longocirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887
Species Cossura pygodactylata Jones, 1956
Species Cossura soyeri Laubier, 1964

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries. 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 743; note: for Cossura longocirrata n.sp. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129251 on 2024-04-18

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129251 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2017-03-01 04:03:26Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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original description Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries. 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 743; note: for Cossura longocirrata n.sp. [details]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in RoR) [details]

identification resource Read, Geoffrey B. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of a new Cossura species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Cossuridae) from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 113(4): 1096-1110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35517577 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Zhadan, Anna. (2015). Cossuridae (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sedentaria) from Australian and adjacent waters: the first faunistic survey. Records of the Australian Museum. 67(1): 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1639 [details] Available for editors