WoRMS name details
Cymospira Blainville, 1828
325101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325101)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
- Species Cymospira bicornis (Abildgaard, 1789) accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (superseded subsequent recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira brachycera Baird, 1864 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira brachysoma (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira cervina Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira crescentigera Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira decumbens (Sowerby & Sowerby, 1820-25) accepted as Galeolaria caespitosa Lamarck, 1818 (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira gaymardi Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus gaymardi (Quatrefages, 1866) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira gigantea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Cymospira incrassata Kroeyer in Mörch 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus incrassatus Krøyer in Mörch, 1863 (superseded original combination)
- Species Cymospira kroyeri (Mörch, 1863) accepted as Pomatostegus kroyeri Mörch, 1863 (disused recombination)
- Species Cymospira litigera Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus dendropoma Mörch, 1863 (junior synonym)
- Species Cymospira macgillivrayi Baird, 1864 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira macrosoma (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira megasoma Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira morchii Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus cruciger (Grube, 1862) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira polycera Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Spirobranchus polycerus (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded original combination)
- Species Cymospira quadruplicata Krøyer in Mörch, 1863 accepted as Pomatostegus stellatus pentapoma Mörch, 1863 accepted as Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira quoyi Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862)
- Species Cymospira rubus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Cymospira semperi Mörch, 1863 in Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861)
- Species Cymospira stellata (Abildgaard, 1789) accepted as Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789) (superseded recombination)
- Species Cymospira tricornis Baird, 1864 accepted as Spirobranchus cruciger (Grube, 1862) accepted as Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube, 1862) (subjective synonym)
- Species Cymospira cordineri (Fleming, 1825) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Cymospira incompleta Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Spirobranchus incompletus (Quatrefages, 1866) (uncertain > nomen dubium, superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 430; note: for 3 species already described [details]
page(s): 430; note: for 3 species already described [details]
Taxonomy Blainville included three existing species in his Cymospira. These became C. gigantea [now Spirobranchus giganteus...
Taxonomy most Cymospira taxa have been referred to Spirobranchus, some to Pomatostegus
Taxonomy Blainville included three existing species in his Cymospira. These became C. gigantea [now Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas)], C. bicornis, C. stellata [details]
Taxonomy most Cymospira taxa have been referred to Spirobranchus, some to Pomatostegus
Taxonomy most Cymospira taxa have been referred to Spirobranchus, some to Pomatostegus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Cymospira Blainville, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325101 on 2024-04-23
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Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 430; note: for 3 species already described [details]
page(s): 430; note: for 3 species already described [details]
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Taxonomy Blainville included three existing species in his Cymospira. These became C. gigantea [now Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas)], C. bicornis, C. stellata [details]Taxonomy most Cymospira taxa have been referred to Spirobranchus, some to Pomatostegus [details]
