Deep-Sea taxon details
Pista cristata (Müller, 1776)
131516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131516)
accepted
Species
Axionice cristata (O.F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 216, no. 2620 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 216, no. 2620 [no figures] [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista cristata (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131516 on 2026-08-22
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pista cristata (Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131516 on 2026-08-22
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(of ) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 216, no. 2620 [no figures] [details]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Banse, Karl. (1980). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 37(1): 20-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f80-003
page(s): 29-30, fig. 4B-E [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ehlers, E. (1901). Die Polychaeten des magellanischen und chilenischen Strandes. Ein faunistischer Versuch. <em>Festschrift zur Feier des Hundertfünfzigjährigen Bestehens des Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse.</em> 1-232, 25 plates., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/Ehlers1901_PolychaetenMagellanischenChilenischenStrandes.pdf
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Fishelson, L.; Rullier, F. (1969). The Second South Red Sea Expedition, 1965, Report No. 9. Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18: 49-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1969.10688275 [details]
additional source Gravier, Charles. (1907). Sur les annélides polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique française (Térébelliens, Serpuliens). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 13(1): 46-52., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5042305
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 382-383, plate XXII fig. 59 [details]
additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. [details]
additional source Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1899). Annélides polychètes de la rade de Brest et de Paimpol. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Série 8.</em> 10: 161-194, plate VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36044621
page(s): 188-190, plate VI figs. 25-28 [details]
additional source Théel, H.J. (1879). Les Annélides Polychètes des mers de la Nouvelle-Zemble. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 16(3): 1-75, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811612
page(s): 63 [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
page(s): 216, no. 2620 [no figures] [details]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Banse, Karl. (1980). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 37(1): 20-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f80-003
page(s): 29-30, fig. 4B-E [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ehlers, E. (1901). Die Polychaeten des magellanischen und chilenischen Strandes. Ein faunistischer Versuch. <em>Festschrift zur Feier des Hundertfünfzigjährigen Bestehens des Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse.</em> 1-232, 25 plates., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/Ehlers1901_PolychaetenMagellanischenChilenischenStrandes.pdf
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Fishelson, L.; Rullier, F. (1969). The Second South Red Sea Expedition, 1965, Report No. 9. Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18: 49-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1969.10688275 [details]
additional source Gravier, Charles. (1907). Sur les annélides polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique française (Térébelliens, Serpuliens). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 13(1): 46-52., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5042305
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 382-383, plate XXII fig. 59 [details]
additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. [details]
additional source Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1899). Annélides polychètes de la rade de Brest et de Paimpol. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Série 8.</em> 10: 161-194, plate VI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36044621
page(s): 188-190, plate VI figs. 25-28 [details]
additional source Théel, H.J. (1879). Les Annélides Polychètes des mers de la Nouvelle-Zemble. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 16(3): 1-75, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811612
page(s): 63 [details]
redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Synonymy Subsequent combination; Valid taxon: Axionice cristata (O.F. Müller, 1776) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツクシフサゴカイ | [details] |
http://gulfbase.org/biogomx/biospecies.php?species=Spp-37-0761 Note: Doubful
To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (103 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pista cristata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista cristata (1) 57981)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista cristata 57981)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (87 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (103 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pista cristata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista cristata (1) 57981)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista cristata 57981)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (87 records)
To ITIS
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