World Polychaeta Database - Pomatoceros caerulescens (non Augener, 1922) Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1968

Polychaeta name details

Pomatoceros caerulescens (non Augener, 1922) Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1968

AphiaID

416434 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416434)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Pomatoceros Philippi, 1844 accepted as Spirobranchus Blainville, 1818

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Pomatoceros caerulescens (non Augener, 1922) Pequegnat & Pequegnat, 1968. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416434 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-09-30 11:46:15Z

created

ten Hove, Harry

[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Pequegnat, W.E., & L.H. Pequegnat 1968 Ecological aspects of marine fouling in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Texas A&M Univ., Dept. Oceanogr., College Sta., Texas, Project 286-6, Reference 68-22T, v + 80 pp. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Editor's comment Most probably referring to Pomatoceros americanus, but might be P. minutus or a species of Spirobranchus as well. [details]