WoRMS taxon details
original description
Johnston, G. (1825). Contributions to the British fauna [Article 2]. <em>The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal.</em> 13: 218-222., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50894122 page(s): 219 [details]
additional source
McIntosh, William Carmichel. (1915). Polychaeta, Opheliidae to Ammocharidae. <em>A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids.</em> The Ray Society, London, 3 (1): i-viii, 1-368 (text)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38532650 page(s): 249; note: listed in the synonymy of Cirratulus cirratus, along with C. flavescens [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Johnston gives no indication the species is new, but equally he does not mention a previous authority. There is no pre-existing species name 'fuscescens' in Cirratulidae [details]Unverified
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, England [details]
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