WoRMS name details
Serpula (Crucigera) websteri (Benedict, 1887)
335137 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335137)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination, subgenus not recognised any longer)
Species
- Subspecies Serpula (Crucigera) websteri tricornis Gravier, 1906 accepted as Crucigera tricornis Gravier, 1906 (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Crucigera websteri Benedict, 1887) 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. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 9: 547-553, plates 20-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.9-594.547
page(s): 550-551, plate XXI fig. 24-25, plate XXII figs. 26-30 [details]
page(s): 550-551, plate XXI fig. 24-25, plate XXII figs. 26-30 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula (Crucigera) websteri (Benedict, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335137 on 2026-03-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Crucigera websteri Benedict, 1887) 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. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 9: 547-553, plates 20-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.9-594.547
page(s): 550-551, plate XXI fig. 24-25, plate XXII figs. 26-30 [details]
new combination reference Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1928). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XLV. On the Polychaeta collected by Dr. Th. Mortensen off the coast of Panama. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 85: 75-103.
page(s): 101; note: recombined in Serpula from Crucigera, downgraded to subgeneric rank [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 550-551, plate XXI fig. 24-25, plate XXII figs. 26-30 [details]
new combination reference Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1928). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XLV. On the Polychaeta collected by Dr. Th. Mortensen off the coast of Panama. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 85: 75-103.
page(s): 101; note: recombined in Serpula from Crucigera, downgraded to subgeneric rank [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1079-1080 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1079-1080 [details] Available for editors
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