WoRMS name details
Cistena Leach, 1816
325737 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325737)
unaccepted (subjective senior synonym, but was suppressed to maintain use of Pectinaria due to ICZN Opinion 1225)
Genus
Cistena pallassii Leach, 1816 accepted as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) (type by monotypy)
- Species Cistena cylindraria (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) (recombination to a genus name suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1225)
- Species Cistena pallasii accepted as Cistena pallassii Leach, 1816 accepted as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) (lapsus calami by various authors for intended C. pallassii)
- Species Cistena pallassii Leach, 1816 accepted as Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766) (objective synonym, suppressed for priority by ICZN)
- Species Cistena pectinata (Sowerby, 1806) accepted as Lagis koreni Malmgren, 1866 (superseded recombination of subjective senior synonym, suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1225)
- Species Cistena regalis (Verrill, 1901) accepted as Pectinaria regalis Verrill, 1901 (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498
page(s): 452 [details]
page(s): 452 [details]
Taxonomy Leach (1816) created Cistena for a new species name of 'Pallassii' [note spellling], but he included Nereis cylindraria...
Taxonomy Leach (1816) created Cistena for a new species name of 'Pallassii' [note spellling], but he included Nereis cylindraria Pallas, Sabella tubiformis Pennant and Nereis conchilega Pennant as its synonyms. Sabella tubiformis is a tube only (p.372 in Pennant iv, with Pallas 'belgica' as a synonym, and Amphitrite auricoma (Pennant p.91) as the worm in the tube.
As Nereis cylindraria is an available name Pennant's Cistena pallassii could be considered an unnecessary replacement name for it, thus invalid for nomenclature. Cistena was suppressed by the ICZN opinion 1225, and Cistena pallassii was rejected as invalid by the ICZN, but apparently for reasons to maintain existing usages for Pectinaria, and not to do with them being superfluous new names. [details]
As Nereis cylindraria is an available name Pennant's Cistena pallassii could be considered an unnecessary replacement name for it, thus invalid for nomenclature. Cistena was suppressed by the ICZN opinion 1225, and Cistena pallassii was rejected as invalid by the ICZN, but apparently for reasons to maintain existing usages for Pectinaria, and not to do with them being superfluous new names. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cistena Leach, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325737 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
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Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498
page(s): 452 [details]
page(s): 452 [details]
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
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Taxonomy Leach (1816) created Cistena for a new species name of 'Pallassii' [note spellling], but he included Nereis cylindraria Pallas, Sabella tubiformis Pennant and Nereis conchilega Pennant as its synonyms. Sabella tubiformis is a tube only (p.372 in Pennant iv, with Pallas 'belgica' as a synonym, and Amphitrite auricoma (Pennant p.91) as the worm in the tube.As Nereis cylindraria is an available name Pennant's Cistena pallassii could be considered an unnecessary replacement name for it, thus invalid for nomenclature. Cistena was suppressed by the ICZN opinion 1225, and Cistena pallassii was rejected as invalid by the ICZN, but apparently for reasons to maintain existing usages for Pectinaria, and not to do with them being superfluous new names. [details]