WoRMS taxon details
Cheilonereis peristomialis Benham, 1916
327433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327433)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Benham, William B. (1916). Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. ''Endeavour'' on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Part II. <em>Fisheries: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. ''Endeavour'', 1909-14.</em> H.C. Dannevig. Sydney. 4(2): 127-162, plates XLVI-XLVIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5916746
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
Note Great Australian Bight, Australia, approx 35...
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Type locality Great Australian Bight, Australia, approx 35 S, 129.46 E, also New Zealand, location unstated. Benham's principal specimen was an Australian atoke, but he has also a description of a New Zealand epitoke. [details]
Type material Benham (1916) did not designate a holotype, but he described one Australian-origin specimen extensively, and also included an epitoke from New Zealand, thus this and the atoke specimen are syntypes, and there can be no holotype. However, it is clear that the Australian specimen, if re-locatable, is the most important. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cheilonereis peristomialis Benham, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327433 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Benham, William B. (1916). Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. ''Endeavour'' on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Part II. <em>Fisheries: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. ''Endeavour'', 1909-14.</em> H.C. Dannevig. Sydney. 4(2): 127-162, plates XLVI-XLVIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5916746
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Young, Maxwell W. (1923). Note on a worm found in the same shell as a hermit- crab. <em>New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology.</em> 6(3): 191.
note: First definite record of commensalism in Cheilonereis peristomialis [details]
ecology source Hand, Cadet. (1975). Behaviour of some New Zealand sea anemones and their molluscan and crustacean hosts. <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 9(4): 509-527., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1975.9515585
page(s): 517; note: Cheilonereis peristomialis and hermit crabs [details]
note: First definite record of commensalism in Cheilonereis peristomialis [details]
ecology source Hand, Cadet. (1975). Behaviour of some New Zealand sea anemones and their molluscan and crustacean hosts. <em>New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 9(4): 509-527., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1975.9515585
page(s): 517; note: Cheilonereis peristomialis and hermit crabs [details]
Other
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Association Apparently Cheilonereis peristomialis is obligately associated with hermit crabs as a commensal. Benham reported that the first NZ specimens were in hermit-crab occupied gastropod shells, but he did not make the deduction they are commensals. Later Young (1923) and Hand (1975) explicitly noted the commensal relationship with pagurids. [details]Type locality Great Australian Bight, Australia, approx 35 S, 129.46 E, also New Zealand, location unstated. Benham's principal specimen was an Australian atoke, but he has also a description of a New Zealand epitoke. [details]
Type material Benham (1916) did not designate a holotype, but he described one Australian-origin specimen extensively, and also included an epitoke from New Zealand, thus this and the atoke specimen are syntypes, and there can be no holotype. However, it is clear that the Australian specimen, if re-locatable, is the most important. [details]
