WoRMS name details
Cistena cylindraria (Pallas, 1766)
1037432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1037432)
unaccepted (recombination to a genus name suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1225)
Species
Cistena Leach, 1816 accepted as Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nereis cylindraria Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 117; note: Not described as a nominal species, rather only as its two subspecies, capensis and belgica [details]
page(s): 117; note: Not described as a nominal species, rather only as its two subspecies, capensis and belgica [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cistena cylindraria (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037432 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nereis cylindraria Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 117; note: Not described as a nominal species, rather only as its two subspecies, capensis and belgica [details]
new combination reference Lucas, J. A. W.; Holthuis, L. B. (1975). On the identity and nomenclature of 'Pectinaria belgica Pallas, 1766)' (Polychaeta, Amphictenidae). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden.</em> 49(9): 85-90., available online at https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149639
page(s): 89; note: new combination in Cistena [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 117; note: Not described as a nominal species, rather only as its two subspecies, capensis and belgica [details]
new combination reference Lucas, J. A. W.; Holthuis, L. B. (1975). On the identity and nomenclature of 'Pectinaria belgica Pallas, 1766)' (Polychaeta, Amphictenidae). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden.</em> 49(9): 85-90., available online at https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149639
page(s): 89; note: new combination in Cistena [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
status source
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1982). OPINION 1225: Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818, Nereis cylindraria belgica Pallas, 1766 and Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta): conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 39(3): 186-191., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12228099
note: original name is suppressed [details] Available for editors
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note: original name is suppressed [details] Available for editors
