WoRMS name details
Placostegus cariniferus (Gray, 1843)
335125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335125)
unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Species
- Subspecies Placostegus cariniferus kraussii Baird, 1864 accepted as Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1864) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843) Gray, John Edward. (1843). [Annelida] Fauna of New Zealand. Materials towards a fauna of New Zealand, Auckland Island, and Chatham Island. <b>volume 2</b>, pages 178-296 <i>In</i>: Dieffenbach, Ernst. Travels in New Zealand. With contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. <em>[book].</em> London, J. Murray., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20760154 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Placostegus cariniferus (Gray, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335125 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843) Gray, John Edward. (1843). [Annelida] Fauna of New Zealand. Materials towards a fauna of New Zealand, Auckland Island, and Chatham Island. <b>volume 2</b>, pages 178-296 <i>In</i>: Dieffenbach, Ernst. Travels in New Zealand. With contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. <em>[book].</em> London, J. Murray., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20760154 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
new combination reference Baird, William. (1864). Description of several new species and varieties of Tubicolous Annelides = Tribe Limivora of Grube, in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1 [p.10-16, plate I figs. 2-4] Part 2 [p.16-22, plate II]. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(29): 10-22, plates I-II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601752 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
new combination reference Baird, William. (1864). Description of several new species and varieties of Tubicolous Annelides = Tribe Limivora of Grube, in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1 [p.10-16, plate I figs. 2-4] Part 2 [p.16-22, plate II]. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(29): 10-22, plates I-II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601752 [details]
Other
additional source
Hutton, F. W. 1878. Catalog of the hitherto undescribed worms of New Zealand. (Turbellaria,Trematoda, Nermertina, Gephyrea, Chaetopoda). Transactions New Zealand Inst. 11: 314-327. [details]
