WoRMS name details
Pista brevibranchia Chamberlin, 1919
209921 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209921)
unaccepted (junior homonym, replaced by junior synonym Pista brevibranchiata)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. Pacific coast Polychaeta collected by Alexander Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 63(6): 251-270., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30574684
page(s): 264-265, plate 2 figs. 1-4; note: this is definitely a new species description, and not a reference to Caullery's species of 1915 [details]
page(s): 264-265, plate 2 figs. 1-4; note: this is definitely a new species description, and not a reference to Caullery's species of 1915 [details]
Holotype MCZ 502, geounit Mendocino
Holotype MCZ 502, geounit Mendocino [details]
Homonymy Hartman (1938) mentions: "Chamberlin's name is pre-occupied by Caullery (1915, p. 76)". Leontovich & Jirkov (2011:413)...
Homonymy Hartman (1938) mentions: "Chamberlin's name is pre-occupied by Caullery (1915, p. 76)". Leontovich & Jirkov (2011:413) confirm the replacement name of Pista brevibranchiata Moore, 1923 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista brevibranchia Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209921 on 2025-04-07
Date
action
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2000-09-13 07:19:12Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1919. Pacific coast Polychaeta collected by Alexander Agassiz. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 63(6): 251-270., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30574684
page(s): 264-265, plate 2 figs. 1-4; note: this is definitely a new species description, and not a reference to Caullery's species of 1915 [details]
page(s): 264-265, plate 2 figs. 1-4; note: this is definitely a new species description, and not a reference to Caullery's species of 1915 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1938). Annotated list of the types of polychaetous annelids in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 85(1): 3-31, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4537955 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Moore, J. Percy. (1923). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of southern California in 1904. IV. Spionidae to Sabellariidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 75: 179-259, plates XVII-XVIII., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12425 [details]

source of synonymy Moore, J. Percy. (1923). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of southern California in 1904. IV. Spionidae to Sabellariidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 75: 179-259, plates XVII-XVIII., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12425 [details]
Other
additional source
Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors






Holotype MCZ 502, geounit Mendocino [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Hartman (1938) mentions: "Chamberlin's name is pre-occupied by Caullery (1915, p. 76)". Leontovich & Jirkov (2011:413) confirm the replacement name of Pista brevibranchiata Moore, 1923 [details]