WoRMS name details
Schistomeringos incerta (Schmarda, 1861)
334729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334729)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (indeterminable)
Species
Cirrosyllis incerta Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (superseded original combination,...)
superseded original combination, also indeterminable
Stauronereis incertus (Schmarda, 1861) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cirrosyllis incerta Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details] 
Type locality contained in New Zealand
type locality contained in New Zealand [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status Hutchings & Murray (1984: 52) commented under remarks on S. loveni that "Schmarda's description is based solely on a...
Status Hutchings & Murray (1984: 52) commented under remarks on S. loveni that "Schmarda's description is based solely on a headless specimen which subsequently has been destroyed. As many of the more important diagnostic characters are associated with the head region, the description is considered grossly inadequate and the species must be regarded as indeterminable. Therefore Augener's (1913) suggestion that S. australis is synonymous with S. incerta is not valid." These authors are correct that the name is indeterminable without the type, although Schmarda actually stated that the head was mutilated, not that it was missing. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Schistomeringos incerta (Schmarda, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334729 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cirrosyllis incerta Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm [details]
basis of record Jumars, Peter A. 1974. A generic revision of the Dorvilleidae (Polychaeta), with six new species from the deep Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 54(2): 101-135., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/54/2/101/2670926 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Jumars, Peter A. 1974. A generic revision of the Dorvilleidae (Polychaeta), with six new species from the deep Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 54(2): 101-135., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/54/2/101/2670926 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Murray, Anna. (1984). Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 3: 1-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.3.1984.101
page(s): 52; note: state is indeterminable [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 52; note: state is indeterminable [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
Oliver PG. (1990). Observations on the life habits of Estellacar galactodes Benson (Bivalvia: Arcacea) in Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China . The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 3: pp 1015-1021. [details]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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
[request]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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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status Hutchings & Murray (1984: 52) commented under remarks on S. loveni that "Schmarda's description is based solely on a headless specimen which subsequently has been destroyed. As many of the more important diagnostic characters are associated with the head region, the description is considered grossly inadequate and the species must be regarded as indeterminable. Therefore Augener's (1913) suggestion that S. australis is synonymous with S. incerta is not valid." These authors are correct that the name is indeterminable without the type, although Schmarda actually stated that the head was mutilated, not that it was missing. [details]
