WoRMS taxon details
Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818
129437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129437)
accepted
Genus
Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766 accepted as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) (type by subsequent designation)
Cistena Leach, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective senior synonym, but...)
subjective senior synonym, but was suppressed to maintain use of Pectinaria due to ICZN Opinion 1225
Pectinaria (Pectinaria) Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (disused nominal subgenus rank)
Terebellum Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid due to homonymy, also...)
invalid due to homonymy, also synonym to Pectinaria
- Species Pectinaria aegyptia (Savigny, 1822)
- Species Pectinaria antipoda Schmarda, 1861
- Species Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Pectinaria bifurcata Blainville, 1828
- Species Pectinaria brevispinis Grube, 1878
- Species Pectinaria californiensis Hartman, 1941
- Species Pectinaria carnosa Wong & Hutchings, 2015
- Species Pectinaria chilensis Nilsson, 1928
- Species Pectinaria clava Grube, 1878
- Species Pectinaria conchilega Grube, 1878
- Species Pectinaria dayaensis Zhang, Hutchings & Qiu, 2022
- Species Pectinaria dimai Zachs, 1933
- Species Pectinaria dodeka Hutchings & Peart, 2002
- Species Pectinaria gouldii (Verrill, 1873)
- Species Pectinaria hartmanae (Reish, 1968)
- Species Pectinaria hiuchiensis Kitamori, 1965
- Species Pectinaria incerta (Chenu, 1842)
- Species Pectinaria kanabinos Hutchings & Peart, 2002
- Species Pectinaria lizhei Zhang, Hutchings & Qiu, 2022
- Species Pectinaria nana Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
- Species Pectinaria ningalooensis Zhang & Hutchings, 2019
- Species Pectinaria nonatoi Nogueira, Ribeiro, Carrerette & Hutchings, 2019
- Species Pectinaria nusalautensis Pamungkas & Hutchings, 2023
- Species Pectinaria okudai (Imajima & Hartman, 1964)
- Species Pectinaria panava Willey, 1905
- Species Pectinaria papillosa Caullery, 1944
- Species Pectinaria parvibranchis Grube, 1878
- Species Pectinaria profunda Caullery, 1944
- Species Pectinaria regalis Verrill, 1901
- Species Pectinaria santii Tovar-Hernández & de León-González, 2022
- Species Pectinaria torquata Zhang & Qiu, 2017
- Species Pectinaria xiukaii Zhang, Hutchings & Qiu, 2022
- Subgenus Pectinaria (Amphictene) Savigny, 1822 accepted as Amphictene Savigny, 1822 (disused as subgenus rank)
- Species Pectinaria (Amphictene) capensis (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Amphictene capensis (Pallas, 1766) (superseded subgenus rank combination)
- Species Pectinaria (Amphictene) moorei Annenkova, 1929 accepted as Amphictene moorei (Annenkova, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination now disused as subgenus rank)
- Species Pectinaria (Amphictene) auricoma (O.F. Müller, 1776) represented as Amphictene auricoma (O.F. Müller, 1776) (disused rank)
- Species Pectinaria (Amphictene) guatemalensis Nilsson, 1928 represented as Amphictene guatemalensis (Nilsson, 1928) (disused rank)
- Species Pectinaria (Amphictene) japonica Nilsson, 1928 represented as Amphictene japonica (Nilsson, 1928) (disused rank)
- Species Pectinaria (Amphictene) souriei Fauvel, 1949 represented as Amphictene souriei (Fauvel, 1949) (disused rank)
- Subgenus Pectinaria (Cistenides) Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Cistenides Malmgren, 1866 (disused as subgenus rank)
- Species Pectinaria (Cistenides) aegyptia (Savigny, 1822) accepted as Pectinaria aegyptia (Savigny, 1822) (not in Cistenides genus, which also is disused as a subgenus)
- Species Pectinaria (Cistenides) chilensis Nilsson, 1928 accepted as Pectinaria chilensis Nilsson, 1928 (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria (Cistenides) hyperborea (Malmgren, 1866) accepted as Cistenides hyperborea Malmgren, 1866 (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Pectinaria (Cistenides) soldatovi Annenkova, 1929 accepted as Cistenides soldatovi (Annenkova, 1929) (superseded original combination)
- Subgenus Pectinaria (Lagis) Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Lagis Malmgren, 1866 (disused as subgenus rank)
- Species Pectinaria (Lagis) abranchiata Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Lagis abranchiata (Fauvel, 1932) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria (Lagis) australis Ehlers, 1904 accepted as Lagis australis (Ehlers, 1904) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria (Lagis) dubia Webster, 1879 accepted as Cistenides gouldii Verrill, 1873 accepted as Pectinaria gouldii (Verrill, 1873) (subjective synonym)
- Species Pectinaria (Lagis) hupferi Nilsson, 1928 accepted as Lagis hupferi (Nilsson, 1928) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria (Lagis) koreni (Malmgren, 1866) accepted as Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Pectinaria (Lagis) neapolitana (Claparède, 1869) accepted as Lagis neapolitana (Claparède, 1869) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Pectinaria (Lagis) pseudokoreni Day, 1955 accepted as Lagis pseudokoreni (Day, 1955) (superseded original combination)
- Subgenus Pectinaria (Pectinaria) Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 (disused nominal subgenus rank)
- Species Pectinaria (Pectinaria) belgica (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) (superseded nominal subgenus)
- Species Pectinaria (Pectinaria) californiensis Hartman, 1941 accepted as Pectinaria californiensis Hartman, 1941 (superseded nominal subgenus)
- Species Pectinaria (Pectinaria) hartmanae Reish, 1968 accepted as Pectinaria hartmanae (Reish, 1968) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria australis Ehlers, 1904 accepted as Lagis australis (Ehlers, 1904) (superseded re-ranking)
- Species Pectinaria belgica sensu Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) (misidentification validated fide ICZN Opinion 1225)
- Species Pectinaria bocki Hessle, 1917 accepted as Lagis bocki (Hessle, 1917) (superseded original combination|comb. nov.)
- Species Pectinaria brevicoma Johnson, 1901 accepted as Cistenides brevicoma (Johnson, 1901) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria capensis (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Amphictene capensis (Pallas, 1766) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Pectinaria carnosus Wong & Hutchings, 2015 accepted as Pectinaria carnosa Wong & Hutchings, 2015 (original misspelling of carnosa for mandatory gender agreement)
- Species Pectinaria castanea Risso, 1826 accepted as Lagis neapolitana (Claparède, 1869) (subjective synonym or incertae sedis)
- Species Pectinaria catharinensis Grube, 1870 accepted as Amphictene catharinensis (Grube, 1870) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria crassa Grube, 1870 accepted as Amphictene crassa (Grube, 1870) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria ehlersi Hessle, 1917 accepted as Cistenides ehlersi (Hessle, 1917) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria groenlandica Grube, 1850 accepted as Cistenides granulata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
- Species Pectinaria hyperborea (Malmgren, 1866) accepted as Cistenides hyperborea Malmgren, 1866 (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Pectinaria leioscapha Caullery, 1944 accepted as Amphictene leioscapha (Caullery, 1944) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria longispinis Grube, 1878 accepted as Lagis bocki (Hessle, 1917) (subjective synonym)
- Species Pectinaria malmgreni Grube, 1870 accepted as Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
- Species Pectinaria neapolitana Claparède, 1869 accepted as Lagis neapolitana (Claparède, 1869) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria pseudokoreni Day, 1955 accepted as Lagis pseudokoreni (Day, 1955) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Pectinaria robusta Levinsen, 1883 accepted as Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Pectinaria (Petta) (Malmgren, 1866) represented as Petta Malmgren, 1866 (disused rank)
- Species Pectinaria (Petta) pellucida Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Petta pellucida (Ehlers, 1887) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pectinaria auricoma (O.F. Müller, 1776) represented as Pectinaria (Amphictene) auricoma (O.F. Müller, 1776) represented as Amphictene auricoma (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Species Pectinaria granulata (Linnaeus, 1767) represented as Cistenides granulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Pectinaria koreni (Malmgren, 1866) represented as Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866
- Species Pectinaria guildingii Donovan, 1825 (uncertain > nomen dubium, almost forgotten name)
- Species Pectinaria nigrescens Risso, 1826 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 348 [details]
page(s): 348 [details]
Note Type species Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas...
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Type species Type species Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas 1766, by a subsequent designation, probably by Hartman (1941:325), not Hartman (1959) as stated in Hutchings & Peart (2002), but Hartman could also have been copying an earlier author (as is often the case for her catalogue types of genera). [details]
Etymology Not stated. However, Lamarck does describe "pectinibus duobus paleaceis auratis", which means approximately "with two...
Homonymy Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 is senior homonym to Pectinaria Zalessky, 1926, in Foraminifera incertae sedis. Pectinaria...
Etymology Not stated. However, Lamarck does describe "pectinibus duobus paleaceis auratis", which means approximately "with two golden combs of paleae" in reference to the anterior chaetae. Almost all authors have treated the name as feminine, and this is in accord with the adjective, pectinarius, a um, (see Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary) meaning of or belonging to combs. Used as a genus as Pectinaria it must be treated as a feminine noun form. [details]
Homonymy Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 is senior homonym to Pectinaria Zalessky, 1926, in Foraminifera incertae sedis. Pectinaria...
Homonymy Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 is senior homonym to Pectinaria Zalessky, 1926, in Foraminifera incertae sedis. Pectinaria Zalessky is an unreplaced junior homonym. The foraminiferan genus was created for Pectinaria costata Zalessky, 1926. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129437 on 2024-09-08
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Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Cistena Leach, 1816) Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498
page(s): 452 [details]
original description (of Terebellum Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): volume 2, page 11, plate page 10; note: new genus name incorrectly in Mollusca for Nereis cylindraria (for two subspecies) of Pallas [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Nielsen, Claus; Kirkegaard, Jorgen B. (1978). Amended proposal for validating Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 under the plenary powers. N.Z. (S.) 2202. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 35(1): 25-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12226606 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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status source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1982). OPINION 1225: Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818, Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766 and Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta): conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 39(3): 186-191., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12228099 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Hutchings, Patricia A.; Peart, Rachael. (2002). A Review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian Fauna. <em>Records of the Australian Museum,.</em> 54(1): 99-127., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1356 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Nishi, Eijiroh; Matsuo, Kanako; Kazama-Wakabayashi, Maki; Mori, Atsushi; Tomioka, Shinri; Kajihara, Hiroshi; Hamaguchi, Masami; Kajihara, Naoto; Hutchings, Pat. (2014). Partial revision of Japanese Pectinariidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including redescriptions of poorly known species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3895(3): 433-445., available online at http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3895.3.8 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; de León-González, Jesús Angel. (2022). A new species of ice cream cone worm in the Gulf of California (Annelida, Pectinariidae). <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 10: e94772 [19 pages]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e94772
note: Key to the four species of Pectinaria from the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Temperate Northern Pacific. [details]
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Cistena Leach, 1816) Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498
page(s): 452 [details]
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original description (of Terebellum Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): volume 2, page 11, plate page 10; note: new genus name incorrectly in Mollusca for Nereis cylindraria (for two subspecies) of Pallas [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Nielsen, Claus; Kirkegaard, Jorgen B. (1978). Amended proposal for validating Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 under the plenary powers. N.Z. (S.) 2202. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 35(1): 25-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12226606 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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status source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1982). OPINION 1225: Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818, Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766 and Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta): conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 39(3): 186-191., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12228099 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Hutchings, Patricia A.; Peart, Rachael. (2002). A Review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian Fauna. <em>Records of the Australian Museum,.</em> 54(1): 99-127., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1356 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Nishi, Eijiroh; Matsuo, Kanako; Kazama-Wakabayashi, Maki; Mori, Atsushi; Tomioka, Shinri; Kajihara, Hiroshi; Hamaguchi, Masami; Kajihara, Naoto; Hutchings, Pat. (2014). Partial revision of Japanese Pectinariidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including redescriptions of poorly known species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3895(3): 433-445., available online at http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3895.3.8 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; de León-González, Jesús Angel. (2022). A new species of ice cream cone worm in the Gulf of California (Annelida, Pectinariidae). <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 10: e94772 [19 pages]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e94772
note: Key to the four species of Pectinaria from the Tropical Eastern Pacific and Temperate Northern Pacific. [details]
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Authority There is unnecessary confusion in literature over the authorship of Amphictene and Pectinaria. The original texts should be consulted. Although there are taxa where Lamarck appears to usurp Savigny's unpublished work, this is one case where Lamarck and Savigny are independent. It is clear that Lamarck (1818) authored Pectinaria and Savigny (1822) authored Amphictene. The respective texts are not at all the same. Savigny creates a detailed taxonomic structure of the genus with two tribes (tribu) for three species. Lamarck does not mention Amphictene or Savigny, but Savigny mentions Pectinaria (as P. belgica), but he gives an incorrect literature reference to it. Hutchings & Peart (2002:102) in their review are incorrect in their statement that "because Savigny actually made the description, we therefore quote it as Savigny in Lamarck, 1818", and they thus also have the authorships wrongly reversed when they attribute Amphictene to Lamarck. Savigny is the author. Earlier Hartman (1959) catalogue apparently attributes both to Savigny, although note that confusingly her bibliography reference is actually to the 1818 work of Lamarck. Hartman (1941:325) previously had the authorships correctly assigned as Amphictene Savigny, and Pectinaria Lamarck [details]Diagnosis Cephalic veil free, rim cirrate,13 biramous chaetigers. From Zhang & Hutchings (2019): "Cephalic veil completely free from operculum. Rim of cephalic veil with numerous long cirri. Dorsal and lateral margin of semicircular operculum smooth. Ventral margin of operculum with numerous notopodial paleae on each side. Comb-like branchiae present on segments 3–4. Notopodia other than those of segment 1, which bear paleae, on segments 5–21 (17 pairs). Neuropodia, 13 pairs on segments 8–20 with transverse tori, with row of uncini. Uncini with more than one longitudinal rows of major teeth. Scaphe flattened dorsally with anal flap and distinctly separate from posterior segments. [details]
Etymology Not stated. However, Lamarck does describe "pectinibus duobus paleaceis auratis", which means approximately "with two golden combs of paleae" in reference to the anterior chaetae. Almost all authors have treated the name as feminine, and this is in accord with the adjective, pectinarius, a um, (see Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary) meaning of or belonging to combs. Used as a genus as Pectinaria it must be treated as a feminine noun form. [details]
Grammatical gender Pectinaria is feminine in its formation and has been treated as feminine since first used. [details]
Homonymy Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 is senior homonym to Pectinaria Zalessky, 1926, in Foraminifera incertae sedis. Pectinaria Zalessky is an unreplaced junior homonym. The foraminiferan genus was created for Pectinaria costata Zalessky, 1926. [details]
Publication date Lamarck (1818:349) appears to claim he had previously published Pectinaria on p.96 of his 1812 work "Extrait du cours ...", and Malmgren (1866:355) accepted that date for the genus when he included Cistena (Leach, 1816) as a synonym of Pectinaria. However, Lamarck (1812) had only an undefined "Pectinaire" in a list of four names of tubicolous polychaetes, contrasted with solid-tubed worms (serpulids, etc). Lucas & Holthius (1975: 85) comment that "Pectinaire, apart from being a vernacular name, is also a nomen nudum, and for either of these reasons unavailable. There cannot be the least doubt, therefore, that Pectinaria dates from Lamarck, 1818." [details]
Type species Type species Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas 1766, by a subsequent designation, probably by Hartman (1941:325), not Hartman (1959) as stated in Hutchings & Peart (2002), but Hartman could also have been copying an earlier author (as is often the case for her catalogue types of genera). [details]