WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Dodecaceria fewkesi Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954) Berkeley, E.; Berkeley, C. (1954). Notes on the life-history of the polychaete Dodecaceria fewkesi (nom.n.). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 11(3): 326-334., available online at https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f54-021#.WAg498mBuCM page(s): 326-333, figs. 1-7; note: replacement name for supposed homonymy, but unnecessary. See Sabella pacifica [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Sabella pacifica Fewkes, 1889) Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150 page(s): 36-37, plate VII figs. 1-2 [details]
original description
(of Serpula octoforis Dall, 1909 †) Dall, W. H. (1909). Contributions to the Tertiary Palaeontology of the Pacific coast. The Miocene of Astoria and Coos Bay, Oregon. <em>Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey.</em> 59: 1-278., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0059/report.pdf [details]
original description
(of Serpula saxistructoris Howell & Mason, 1937 †) Howell, Benjamin F. and Mason, John F. 1937. Reef-forming serpulid from the Pleistocene of California. Bulletin of the Wagner Free Institute of Science Philadelphia, 12: 1-2. [details]
new combination reference
Moore, J. Percy. (1909). Polychaetous annelids from Monterey Bay and San Diego, California. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 61: 235-295, plates VII-IX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288296 page(s): 268, plate 9, figure 44; note: Transfer from Sabella and description from records for Monterey Bay and San Diego . Blake (1996: 374) is doubtful that Moore's 20 specimens of Dodecaceria pacifica were correctly identified because t... Transfer from Sabella and description from records for Monterey Bay and San Diego . Blake (1996: 374) is doubtful that Moore's 20 specimens of Dodecaceria pacifica were correctly identified because they had more numerous branchial pairs than he believes D. fewkesi has. [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Berkeley & Berkeley, 1954 thought Sabella pacifica Fewkes, 1889 was a primary homonym to Sabella pacifici Grube (note the one letter difference which suffices to separate them according to ICZN Article 57.6; 'pacifici' is an invariant genitive, and 'pacifica' a feminine adjective) and they unnecessarily renamed it as Dodecaceria fewkesi. Due to a large geographic separation it seems best to follow Blake (1996:375 as D fewkesi) and keep D. fistulicola separate from D pacifica (usually reported as D. fewkesi). [details]
Habitat Tubes are partly calcareous, but it is evident from the Berkeleys' (1954) article that the structure of a colony can be cut with a knife Chunks of tubes washed up are fancifully known as false brain coral. The Berkeleys (1954) wrote: "It builds colonies of calcareous tubes on rock faces in suitable localities on the east and west coasts of Vancouver Island between tide-marks. A sexual reproduction by autotomy followed by regeneration is common and colonies seem to result from a single individual by a repeated operation of this process. Individuals in a given colony are invariably of one sex. " [details]
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