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Cabira Webster, 1879

157289  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157289)

accepted > unreplaced junior homonym
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Cabira incerta Webster, 1879 (type by monotypy)

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Webster, Harrison Edwin. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 9: 202-269, plates I-XI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43082522
page(s): 267 [details]   
Etymology Not stated, uncertain.   
Etymology Not stated, uncertain.  [details]

Homonymy Cabira has long been thought to be a junior homonym, but is still unreplaced. Purported senior names may not have been...  
Homonymy Cabira has long been thought to be a junior homonym, but is still unreplaced. Purported senior names may not have been tested for availability. If a homonym, perhaps the purported synonym Paracabira Britaev & Saphronova, 1981 could replace it. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Cabira Webster, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157289 on 2024-04-18
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2005-05-23 07:30:30Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Webster, Harrison Edwin. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 9: 202-269, plates I-XI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43082522
page(s): 267 [details]   

original description  (of Paracabira Britaev & Saphronova, 1981) Britaev, T.A. and Saphronova, M. A. 1981. New species of the family Pilargidae (Polychaeta) from the Sea of Japan and revision of the genus Cabira. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 60(9): 1314-1324.
page(s): 1322 [details]   

redescription Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Revision of the Pilargidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including descriptions of new species, and redescription of the pelagic <i>Podarmus ploa</i> Chamberlain (Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 118(3525): 155-207., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7759547
page(s): 177-178 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

identification resource Mandal, S.; Harkantra, S.N.; Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. (2007). <i>Cabira rangarajani</i> n.sp (Polychaeta : Pilargidae) from the Goa coast, central west coast of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1446: 21-29., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/3276
page(s): 27; note: includes a key to all species of Cabira [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

identification resource Plathong, Jintana; Dean, Harlan K.; Plathong, Sakanan. (2021). Four new species of Pilargidae (Annelida: Pilarginae) from the Gulf of Thailand. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5071(4): 537-562., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5071.4.4
page(s): 551; note: Key to world species [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Etymology Not stated, uncertain.  [details]

Homonymy Cabira has long been thought to be a junior homonym, but is still unreplaced. Purported senior names may not have been tested for availability. If a homonym, perhaps the purported synonym Paracabira Britaev & Saphronova, 1981 could replace it. [details]