WoRMS taxon details
Pomatostegus Schmarda, 1861
325132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325132)
accepted
Genus
Pomalostegus Schmarda, 1861 · alternative representation
Serpula (Pomatostegus) · unaccepted (unjustified subgenus)
- Species Pomatostegus actinoceras Mörch, 1863
- Species Pomatostegus kroyeri Mörch, 1863
- Species Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789)
- Species Pomatostegus bowerbanki Baird, 1864 accepted as Pomatostegus actinoceras Mörch, 1863 (subjective synonym)
- Species Pomatostegus brachysoma Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789) (subjective synonym)
- Species Pomatostegus galeatus Fauvel, 1909 accepted as Pseudovermilia occidentalis (McIntosh, 1885) (subjective synonym)
- Species Pomatostegus kroeyeri [auct.] accepted as Pomatostegus kroyeri Mörch, 1863 (misspelling)
- Species Pomatostegus latiscapus non Marenzeller, sensu Treadwell, 1926 accepted as Pomatostegus actinoceras Mörch, 1863 (subjective synonym)
- Species Pomatostegus latiscapus Marenzeller, 1884 accepted as Spirobranchus latiscapus (Marenzeller, 1884) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pomatostegus macrosoma Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789) (subjective synonym)
- Species Pomatostegus polytrema (Philippi, 1844) accepted as Spirobranchus polytrema (Philippi, 1844) (superseded recombination)
- Species Pomatostegus quadruplicatus Kroeyer in Mörch, 1863 accepted as Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard, 1789) (subjective synonym)
- Species Pomatostegus cordineri (Fleming, 1825) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details]
Taxonomy By the superficial resemblance of the fossilized siphon of Actinoceras bigsbyi, an ammonite, with the chitinous operculum...
Taxonomy By the superficial resemblance of the fossilized siphon of Actinoceras bigsbyi, an ammonite, with the chitinous operculum of the serpulid Pomatostegus stellatus, the genus Actinoceras figured for a long time in Polychaete catalogues as a synonym of Pomatostegus. See remark Cymospira as well. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pomatostegus Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325132 on 2024-09-24
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original description
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details]
taxonomy source Sánchez-Ovando, J. Pablo; Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando. (2021). Redescription of <em>Pomatostegus</em> <em>stellatus</em> (Abildgaard, 1789) and P. kroyeri Mörch, 1863 (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Tropical American coasts. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4970(3): 495-514., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4970.3.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2036: 1-126., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/2173
page(s): 78 [details]
taxonomy source Sánchez-Ovando, J. Pablo; Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando. (2021). Redescription of <em>Pomatostegus</em> <em>stellatus</em> (Abildgaard, 1789) and P. kroyeri Mörch, 1863 (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Tropical American coasts. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4970(3): 495-514., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4970.3.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2036: 1-126., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/2173
page(s): 78 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy By the superficial resemblance of the fossilized siphon of Actinoceras bigsbyi, an ammonite, with the chitinous operculum of the serpulid Pomatostegus stellatus, the genus Actinoceras figured for a long time in Polychaete catalogues as a synonym of Pomatostegus. See remark Cymospira as well. [details]