Deep-Sea name details

Ceratocephale websteri Verrill, 1879

338881  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338881)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 172-173, no figures; note: East of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note author: USA Atlantic East coast "Twenty-four...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality author: USA Atlantic East coast "Twenty-four miles east of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms, soft mud (U. S. Fish Commission). Only one specimen, which lacks the posterior portion of the body." [details]

From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts [details]
Etymology author: Ceratocephale websteri is "Dedicated to Professor H. E. Webster, who has largely contributed to the knowledge of...  
Etymology author: Ceratocephale websteri is "Dedicated to Professor H. E. Webster, who has largely contributed to the knowledge of American Annelids." [details]

Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed  
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ceratocephale websteri Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338881 on 2024-05-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ceratocephale websteri Verrill, 1879. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338881 on 2024-05-08
Date
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2022-03-18 02:02:11Z
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original description Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 172-173, no figures; note: East of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

source of synonymy Hartman, O. 1944. New England Annelida. Part 2. Including the unpublished plates by Verrill with reconstructed captions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 82(7): 331-343., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1052 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology author: Ceratocephale websteri is "Dedicated to Professor H. E. Webster, who has largely contributed to the knowledge of American Annelids." [details]

Type locality author: USA Atlantic East coast "Twenty-four miles east of Cape Cod, 122 fathoms, soft mud (U. S. Fish Commission). Only one specimen, which lacks the posterior portion of the body." [details]

From other sources
Specimen Peabody Museum, Yale University [details]

Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts [details]