WoRMS source details
Berkeley, Edith; Berkeley, Cyril. (1952). Annelida. Polychaeta Sedentaria. Canadian Pacific Fauna. Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Toronto. 9b(2): 1-139.
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Berkeley, Edith; Berkeley, Cyril
1952
Annelida. Polychaeta Sedentaria.
Canadian Pacific Fauna. Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Toronto
9b(2): 1-139
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
[Introduction as:]
The Polychaeta Sedentaria differ from the Errantia (described in Part 1) chiefly in the following particulars. The body is often divided into two or more distinct regions. The head is frequently obscure or profoundly modified. The peristomium is usually apodous and achaetous. The parapodia are never prominent and generally inconspicuous though their lobes may be prolonged into lamellae or cirrus-like processes. The parapodia are nearly always biramous, but the rami are frequently marked by little more than setigerous areas. The ventral rami are often in the form of tori or pinnules armed with crotchets or with uncini. The proboscis is never armed. The Sedentaria are frequently tubiculous.
The warning given in Part 1a bout using size, markings and coloration as characteristics for the determination of species applies equally, or even more strongly, in the case of the Sedentaria.
The keys given below are designated to apply only to the families, genera and species dealt with. many of the illustrations are taken from Fauvel's volume in the "Faune de France", Vol. 16, "Polychètes Sédentaires". Others are taken from various papers to which reference is made in the text. Again we wish to acknowledge our indebtedness to the authors of the publications concerned. Finally, we wish to pay tribute to the memory of Mr. E. F. Ricketts, formerly of Pacific Grove, California, to whose enthusiasm for shore collecting many of our records are due.
The Polychaeta Sedentaria differ from the Errantia (described in Part 1) chiefly in the following particulars. The body is often divided into two or more distinct regions. The head is frequently obscure or profoundly modified. The peristomium is usually apodous and achaetous. The parapodia are never prominent and generally inconspicuous though their lobes may be prolonged into lamellae or cirrus-like processes. The parapodia are nearly always biramous, but the rami are frequently marked by little more than setigerous areas. The ventral rami are often in the form of tori or pinnules armed with crotchets or with uncini. The proboscis is never armed. The Sedentaria are frequently tubiculous.
The warning given in Part 1a bout using size, markings and coloration as characteristics for the determination of species applies equally, or even more strongly, in the case of the Sedentaria.
The keys given below are designated to apply only to the families, genera and species dealt with. many of the illustrations are taken from Fauvel's volume in the "Faune de France", Vol. 16, "Polychètes Sédentaires". Others are taken from various papers to which reference is made in the text. Again we wish to acknowledge our indebtedness to the authors of the publications concerned. Finally, we wish to pay tribute to the memory of Mr. E. F. Ricketts, formerly of Pacific Grove, California, to whose enthusiasm for shore collecting many of our records are due.
Pacific, North East (Warm + cold temperate (boreal))
Systematics, Taxonomy
Amphisamytha bioculata (Moore, 1906) (new combination reference)
Asychis similis (Moore, 1906) accepted as Chirimia similis (Moore, 1906) (basis of record)
Isocirrus longiceps (Moore, 1923) (additional source)
Maldane similis Moore, 1906 accepted as Chirimia similis (Moore, 1906) (source of synonymy)
Pista fratrella Chamberlin, 1919 (additional source)
Polydora (Boccardia) columbiana (Berkeley, 1927) accepted as Boccardia columbiana Berkeley, 1927 (new combination reference)
Polydora (Boccardia) natrix Söderström, 1920 accepted as Boccardia natrix (Söderström, 1920) (additional source)
Polydora (Boccardia) polybranchia Haswell, 1885 accepted as Boccardia polybranchia (Haswell, 1885) (additional source)
Polydora (Boccardia) proboscidea (Hartman, 1940) accepted as Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940 (additional source)
Polydora (Boccardia) uncata (Berkeley, 1927) accepted as Boccardiella hamata (Webster, 1879) (additional source)
Prionospio cirrifera Wirén, 1883 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio pinnata Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901) (source of synonymy)
Salmacina dysteri tribranchiata (Moore, 1923) accepted as Salmacina tribranchiata (Moore, 1923) (source of synonymy)
Spio filicornis pacifica Berkeley, 1936 (new combination reference)
Spio martinensis pacifica Berkeley, 1927 accepted as Spio filicornis pacifica Berkeley, 1936 (source of synonymy)
Asychis similis (Moore, 1906) accepted as Chirimia similis (Moore, 1906) (basis of record)
Isocirrus longiceps (Moore, 1923) (additional source)
Maldane similis Moore, 1906 accepted as Chirimia similis (Moore, 1906) (source of synonymy)
Pista fratrella Chamberlin, 1919 (additional source)
Polydora (Boccardia) columbiana (Berkeley, 1927) accepted as Boccardia columbiana Berkeley, 1927 (new combination reference)
Polydora (Boccardia) natrix Söderström, 1920 accepted as Boccardia natrix (Söderström, 1920) (additional source)
Polydora (Boccardia) polybranchia Haswell, 1885 accepted as Boccardia polybranchia (Haswell, 1885) (additional source)
Polydora (Boccardia) proboscidea (Hartman, 1940) accepted as Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940 (additional source)
Polydora (Boccardia) uncata (Berkeley, 1927) accepted as Boccardiella hamata (Webster, 1879) (additional source)
Prionospio cirrifera Wirén, 1883 (source of synonymy)
Prionospio pinnata Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901) (source of synonymy)
Salmacina dysteri tribranchiata (Moore, 1923) accepted as Salmacina tribranchiata (Moore, 1923) (source of synonymy)
Spio filicornis pacifica Berkeley, 1936 (new combination reference)
Spio martinensis pacifica Berkeley, 1927 accepted as Spio filicornis pacifica Berkeley, 1936 (source of synonymy)
Vancouver Island for Pista fasciata (Grube, 1869)
Vancouver Island for Pista fasciata (Grube, 1869)
Vancouver Island for Pista fratrella Chamberlin, 1919
Vancouver Island for Pista fasciata (Grube, 1869)
Vancouver Island for Pista fratrella Chamberlin, 1919
Depth range
Littoral, at lowest tide-mark. [details]
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: east coast of Vancouver Island (Canada). [details]
Distribution
Southern region of South America. Pacific Ocean: Vancouver Island (Canada). [details]
Distribution
Australia. Japan. East coast of Vancouver Island (Canada). Strait of Magellan. Brazil. Mediterranean Sea (Naples). ... [details]
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: California and Oregon (USA); west coast of Vancouver Island (Canada). [details]
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: Vancouver Island (Canada); California; Japan. [details]
Habitat
Usually in minute galleries in littoral shaly rock. [details]
Habitat
Mud flats, between crevices of rocks, and associated with the calcareous tubes of the cirratulid Dodecaceria ... [details]