WoRMS name details
Sige californiensis Chamberlin, 1919
339575 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339575)
uncertain > nomen dubium (type lost, description inadequate)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. <em>Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College.</em> 11(1): 1-23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263520
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
Note Type believed lost (fide Pleijel et al....
Status Pleijel et al assess the species as follows: "Chamberlin (1919) stated that the type of Sige californiensis was deposited...
Status Pleijel et al assess the species as follows: "Chamberlin (1919) stated that the type of Sige californiensis was deposited at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, but today it is not present there and we consider it lost. Hartman (1936) synonymized S. californiensis with Sige bifoliata Moore, 1909. She did not mention examining Chamberlin’s material and the synonymy is likely based solely on a comparison of the descriptions. In the absence of type material it is difficult to verify or reject Hartman’s synonymy; Chamberlin’s original description is too brief and without any illustrations and we regard Sige californiensis as a nomen dubium. From the original description it would rather appear to belong to Pterocirrus (Pleijel 1990, 1991) and could possibly constitute a senior synonym of Pterocirrus montereyensis, but there is not enough information to assess this."
However, despite this, the name is listed as Pterocirrus californiensis in the SCAMIT (2018) 12th checklist. However BHL does not record a past usage as that recombination. [details]
However, despite this, the name is listed as Pterocirrus californiensis in the SCAMIT (2018) 12th checklist. However BHL does not record a past usage as that recombination. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sige californiensis Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339575 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. <em>Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College.</em> 11(1): 1-23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263520
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1936). A review of the Phyllodocidae (Annelida Polychaeta) of the coast of California, with descriptions of nine new species. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 41(10): 117-132.
note: synonymised with Sige bifoliata [details] Available for editors
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status source Pleijel, Fredrik; Aguado, María Teresa; Rouse, Greg W. (2012). New and lesser known species of Chrysopetalidae, Phyllodocidae and Syllidae from south California (Phyllodocida, Aciculata, Annelida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3506: 1-25., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3506.1.1
page(s): 17; note: assessed as Nomen dubium [details] Available for editors [request]
note: synonymised with Sige bifoliata [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Pleijel, Fredrik; Aguado, María Teresa; Rouse, Greg W. (2012). New and lesser known species of Chrysopetalidae, Phyllodocidae and Syllidae from south California (Phyllodocida, Aciculata, Annelida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3506: 1-25., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3506.1.1
page(s): 17; note: assessed as Nomen dubium [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Pleijel et al assess the species as follows: "Chamberlin (1919) stated that the type of Sige californiensis was deposited at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, but today it is not present there and we consider it lost. Hartman (1936) synonymized S. californiensis with Sige bifoliata Moore, 1909. She did not mention examining Chamberlin’s material and the synonymy is likely based solely on a comparison of the descriptions. In the absence of type material it is difficult to verify or reject Hartman’s synonymy; Chamberlin’s original description is too brief and without any illustrations and we regard Sige californiensis as a nomen dubium. From the original description it would rather appear to belong to Pterocirrus (Pleijel 1990, 1991) and could possibly constitute a senior synonym of Pterocirrus montereyensis, but there is not enough information to assess this."However, despite this, the name is listed as Pterocirrus californiensis in the SCAMIT (2018) 12th checklist. However BHL does not record a past usage as that recombination. [details]
Type material Type believed lost (fide Pleijel et al. 2012) [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Laguna Beach, California [details]
