Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Composetia hircinicola (Eisig, 1869)

HKRMS taxon details

Composetia hircinicola (Eisig, 1869)

AphiaID

1600564 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1600564)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985

Original name

Nereis hircinicola Eisig, 1869

Synonymised names

Ceratonereis (Composetia) hircinicola (Eisig, 1869) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)

Ceratonereis hircinicola (Eisig, 1869) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Eisig, Hugo. (1869). Nereis hircinicola (nova species). Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 20(1): 103-105, plate 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45062336 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Composetia hircinicola (Eisig, 1869). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1600564 on 2026-10-13

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Composetia hircinicola (Eisig, 1869). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1600564 on 2026-10-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-09-08 09:03:14Z

created

Read, Geoffrey

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original description (of ) Eisig, Hugo. (1869). Nereis hircinicola (nova species). Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 20(1): 103-105, plate 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45062336 [details]

new combination reference Villalobos-Guerrero, T. F.; Conde-Vela, V. M.; Sato, M. (2022). Review of Composetia Hartmann-Schröder, 1985 (Annelida: Nereididae), with the establishment of two new similar genera. Journal of Natural History. 55(37-38): 2313-2397., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2021.1976295
page(s): 2342; note: tentatively retained as a Composetia species [details] Available for editors

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ceratonereis hircinicola (Eisig, 1869))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ceratonereis hircinicola (Eisig, 1869))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Ceratonereis (Composetia) hircinicola (Eisig, 1869))
To PESI (from synonym Ceratonereis hircinicola (Eisig, 1869))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ceratonereis hircinicola (Eisig, 1869))