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Crucigera Benedict, 1887

AphiaID

206777 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206777)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Crucigera websteri Benedict, 1887 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Serpulini Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Crucigera Benedict, 1887

Synonymised names

Pseudoserpula Straughan, 1967 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Serpula (Crucigera) Benedict, 1887 · unaccepted (superseded as subsequent rank...)

superseded as subsequent rank reduced to subgenus

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Species Crucigera inconstans Straughan, 1967
Species Crucigera irregularis Bush, 1905
Species Crucigera tricornis Gravier, 1906
Species Crucigera websteri Benedict, 1887
Species Crucigera zygophora (Johnson, 1901)
Species Crucigera formosa Bush, 1905 accepted as Crucigera zygophora (Johnson, 1901) (subjective synonym)
Species Crucigera hespera Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Crucigera zygophora (Johnson, 1901) (subjective synonym)
Species Crucigera loveni (Kinberg, 1867) accepted as Serpula narconensis Baird, 1864 (subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Benedict, James E. (1887). Descriptions of ten species and one new genus of annelids from the dredging of the U.S. Fish Comm. Steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 9: 547-553, plates 20-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.9-594.547
page(s): 550 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Crucigera Benedict, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206777 on 2026-02-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-01-29 07:40:06Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2006-07-31 06:57:06Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2023-03-15 06:29:40Z

changed

Kupriyanova, Elena

2025-08-03 16:49:45Z

changed

Gil, João

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Nomenclature

original description Benedict, James E. (1887). Descriptions of ten species and one new genus of annelids from the dredging of the U.S. Fish Comm. Steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 9: 547-553, plates 20-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.9-594.547
page(s): 550 [details]

original description (of Pseudoserpula Straughan, 1967) Straughan, Dale. (1967). Marine Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of eastern Queensland and New South Wales. Australian Journal of Zoology. 15(1): 201-261., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=ZO9670201
page(s): 214-215 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa. 2036: 1-126., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/issue/view/2173
page(s): 36 [details]