Deep-Sea taxon details
Cossura modica Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
326855 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326855)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 10, plate 1 fig. d [details]
page(s): 10, plate 1 fig. d [details]
Type locality contained in Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf
, Note Pacific Ocean, Oregon and Washington
type locality contained in Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Oregon and Washington [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cossura modica Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. 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=326855 on 2026-02-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cossura modica Fauchald & Hancock, 1981. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326855 on 2026-02-10
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Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445
page(s): 10, plate 1 fig. d [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
redescription Hilbig, Brigitte 1996. Family Cossuridae Day, 1963. pages 385-402. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 396-398, fig. 9.5 [details]
page(s): 10, plate 1 fig. d [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K.; Hancock, D.R. (1981). Deep-water polychaetes from a transect off central Oregon. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 11: 1-73., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3445 [details]
redescription Hilbig, Brigitte 1996. Family Cossuridae Day, 1963. pages 385-402. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 396-398, fig. 9.5 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
