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Polychaeta taxon details

Canadia Walcott, 1911 †

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324438  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324438)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Polychaeta incertae sedis (Subclass)
  6. Polychaeta fossils incertae sedis † (Infraclass)
  7. Canadia † (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Canadia spinosa Walcott, 1911 † (type by original designation)

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  1. Species Canadia spinosa Walcott, 1911 †
  2. Species Canadia dubia Walcott, 1911 † accepted as Peronochaeta dubia (Walcott, 1911) † (superseded original combination)
  3. Species Canadia setigera Walcott, 1911 † accepted as Burgessochaeta setigera (Walcott, 1911) † (superseded original combination)
  4. Species Canadia sparsa Walcott, 1911 † accepted as Hallucigenia sparsa (Walcott, 1911) † (Not an annelid as first placed, instead a lobopodian)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Walcott, Charles D. 1911. Cambrian geology and paleontology. Middle Cambrian annelids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 57(5): 109-144., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9263167
page(s): 118 [details]   
Etymology "Generic name derived from Canada."  
Etymology "Generic name derived from Canada." [details]

Taxonomy Conway-Morris (1977) notes that, of the species Walcott (1911 and 1931) placed in Canadia, C. irregularis and C. grandis...  
Taxonomy Conway-Morris (1977) notes that, of the species Walcott (1911 and 1931) placed in Canadia, C. irregularis and C. grandis are junior synonyms of C. spinosa, with C. setigera and C. dubia transferred to other genera, and C. sparsa & C. simplex do not belong in Polychaeta [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Canadia Walcott, 1911 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324438 on 2024-04-16
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2008-03-05 14:39:51Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2011-12-13 20:48:27Z
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Read, Geoffrey

original description Walcott, Charles D. 1911. Cambrian geology and paleontology. Middle Cambrian annelids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 57(5): 109-144., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9263167
page(s): 118 [details]   

status source Eibye-Jacobsen, D. 2004. A reevaluation of Wiwaxia and the polychaetes of the Burgess Shale. Lethaia 37(3): 317-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00241160410002027 [details]   

status source Conway Morris, Simon. 1977. A new metazoan from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. Palaeontology 20: 623-640, available online at http://cdn.palass.org/publications/palaeontology/volume_20/pdf/vol20_part3_pp623-640.pdf [details]   
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Etymology "Generic name derived from Canada." [details]

Taxonomy Conway-Morris (1977) notes that, of the species Walcott (1911 and 1931) placed in Canadia, C. irregularis and C. grandis are junior synonyms of C. spinosa, with C. setigera and C. dubia transferred to other genera, and C. sparsa & C. simplex do not belong in Polychaeta [details]
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (IRN 3230779) 
From editor or global species database
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (IRN 3230779)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (IRN 3230779)
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