Canadian Register of Marine Species - Zorus Webster & Benedict, 1887

CaRMS name details

Zorus Webster & Benedict, 1887

AphiaID

159986 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159986)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (no type material, maybe Diplocirrus (see Salazar-Vallejo & Buzhinskaja, 2011: 6-7))

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Zorus sarsi Webster & Benedict, 1887 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Flabelligeridae de Saint-Joseph, 1894

Original name

Zorus Webster & Benedict, 1887

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Species Zorus sarsi Webster & Benedict, 1887 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, no type material, maybe Diplocirrus hirsutus (see Salazar-Vallejo & Buzhinskaja, 2011: 6-7))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 730; note: no type material, maybe Diplocirrus Haase, 1915 (see Salazar-Vallejo & Buzhinskaja, 2011: 6-7) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Zorus Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159986 on 2026-05-11

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Zorus Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159986 on 2026-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 12:28:25Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-05 10:37:23Z

changed

Renders, Kristel

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2011-01-30 01:31:46Z

changed

Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio

2023-04-03 10:58:38Z

changed

Gil, João

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Sources (2)

original description Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 730; note: no type material, maybe Diplocirrus Haase, 1915 (see Salazar-Vallejo & Buzhinskaja, 2011: 6-7) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]