WoRMS name details
Cirratulus tenuis Webster, 1884
336527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336527)
unaccepted (replaced junior homonym (by new name C. websteri Verrill, 1900, now in Cirriformia))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, Henry E. 1884. Annelida from Bermuda collected by G. Brown Goode. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 25: 305-327, incl. plates 7-12 in text, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7725366
page(s): 323, plate 11, figurs 56-57; note: Bermuda, location and provenance of specimen not stated [details]
page(s): 323, plate 11, figurs 56-57; note: Bermuda, location and provenance of specimen not stated [details]
Type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean. Webster gives no...
type locality contained in Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean. Webster gives no collection information for the specimen [details]
Homonymy junior homonym to Cirratulus tenuis Verrill, 1873. Verrill 1900 subsequently created the replacement name Cirratulus...
Homonymy junior homonym to Cirratulus tenuis Verrill, 1873. Verrill 1900 subsequently created the replacement name Cirratulus websteri for Webster's (1884) C. tenuis. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cirratulus tenuis Webster, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336527 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Webster, Henry E. 1884. Annelida from Bermuda collected by G. Brown Goode. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 25: 305-327, incl. plates 7-12 in text, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7725366
page(s): 323, plate 11, figurs 56-57; note: Bermuda, location and provenance of specimen not stated [details]
page(s): 323, plate 11, figurs 56-57; note: Bermuda, location and provenance of specimen not stated [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1942). The identity of some marine annelid worms in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 92(3142): 101-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15766789
page(s): 128; note: refers Cirratulus tenuis Webster to Cirriformia capillaris (Verill, 1900) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 128; note: refers Cirratulus tenuis Webster to Cirriformia capillaris (Verill, 1900) [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Homonymy junior homonym to Cirratulus tenuis Verrill, 1873. Verrill 1900 subsequently created the replacement name Cirratulus websteri for Webster's (1884) C. tenuis. [details]Type locality Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean. Webster gives no collection information for the specimen [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM) [details]