Traits taxon details
Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887
129251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129251)
accepted
Genus
Cossura longocirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887 (type by monotypy)
Cossurella Hartman, 1976 · unaccepted (subjective synonymy)
- Species Cossura abyssalis Hartman, 1967
- Species Cossura aciculata (Wu & Chen, 1977)
- Species Cossura alba Hartman, 1967
- Species Cossura bansei Hilbig, 1996
- Species Cossura brunnea Fauchald, 1972
- Species Cossura candida Hartman, 1955
- Species Cossura chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
- Species Cossura coasta Kitamori, 1960
- Species Cossura consimilis Read, 2000
- Species Cossura dayi Hartman, 1976
- Species Cossura delta Reish, 1958
- Species Cossura dimorpha (Hartman, 1976)
- Species Cossura duplex Tamai, 1986
- Species Cossura flabelligera Zhadan, 2017
- Species Cossura ginesi Liñero-Arana & Díaz-Díaz, 2010
- Species Cossura heterochaeta Orensanz, 1976
- Species Cossura hutchingsae Zhadan, 2015
- Species Cossura keablei Zhadan, 2015
- Species Cossura laeviseta Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
- Species Cossura longocirrata Webster & Benedict, 1887
- Species Cossura modica Fauchald & Hancock, 1981
- Species Cossura pettiboneae (Ewing, 1987)
- Species Cossura platypus Zhadan, 2017
- Species Cossura pseudakaina (Ewing, 1987)
- Species Cossura pygodactylata Jones, 1956
- Species Cossura queenslandensis Zhadan, 2015
- Species Cossura rostrata Fauchald, 1972
- Species Cossura sima Fauchald, 1972
- Species Cossura soyeri Laubier, 1964
- Species Cossura yacy Sousa, Nogueira, Cutrim & Oliveira, 2019
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 743; note: for Cossura longocirrata n.sp. [details]
page(s): 743; note: for Cossura longocirrata n.sp. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129251 on 2025-05-14
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cossura Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129251 on 2025-05-14
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original description
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 743; note: for Cossura longocirrata n.sp. [details]
original description (of Cossurella Hartman, 1976) Hartman, Olga. (1976 [issue for 1974]). Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 16(1): 191-252., available online at http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=817&bkid=48
page(s): 234 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Read, Geoffrey B. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of a new <i>Cossura</i> species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Cossuridae) from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 113(4): 1096-1110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35517577 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Zhadan, Anna. (2015). Cossuridae (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sedentaria) from Australian and adjacent waters: the first faunistic survey. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 67(1): 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1639 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 743; note: for Cossura longocirrata n.sp. [details]
original description (of Cossurella Hartman, 1976) Hartman, Olga. (1976 [issue for 1974]). Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 16(1): 191-252., available online at http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=817&bkid=48
page(s): 234 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Read, Geoffrey B. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of a new <i>Cossura</i> species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Cossuridae) from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 113(4): 1096-1110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35517577 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Zhadan, Anna. (2015). Cossuridae (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sedentaria) from Australian and adjacent waters: the first faunistic survey. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 67(1): 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1639 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
