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Polychaeta taxon detailsBurgessochaeta Conway Morris, 1979 †
591058 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591058)
accepted
Genus
Canadia setigera Walcott, 1911 † accepted as Burgessochaeta setigera (Walcott, 1911) † (type by original designation)
marine
fossil only
Morris, S. C. (1979). Middle Cambrian Polychaetes from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 285(1007): 227-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1979.0006
page(s): 251 [details]
Etymology By inference after the Burgess Shale fossil bed located near Burgess Pass on Mount Burgess, Canadian Rockies, named for...
Etymology By inference after the Burgess Shale fossil bed located near Burgess Pass on Mount Burgess, Canadian Rockies, named for politician Alexander MacKinnon Burgess, as (quote) "The derivation of the generic name is obvious" (Conway Morris, 1979). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Burgessochaeta Conway Morris, 1979 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591058 on 2024-04-18
original description
Morris, S. C. (1979). Middle Cambrian Polychaetes from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 285(1007): 227-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1979.0006
page(s): 251 [details] From editor or global species database
Classification Conway Morris also created the monospecific family Burgessochaetidae (no WoRMS record) for B. setigera. [details]Etymology By inference after the Burgess Shale fossil bed located near Burgess Pass on Mount Burgess, Canadian Rockies, named for politician Alexander MacKinnon Burgess, as (quote) "The derivation of the generic name is obvious" (Conway Morris, 1979). [details] |