Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Pectinariidae

Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cistena*	Leach, 1816	synonym
*Pectinaria (Pectinaria)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Children

Pectinaria belgica (Pallas, 1766)

Literature

original description	Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière.
additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Nielsen, Claus; Kirkegaard, Jorgen B. (1978). Amended proposal for validating Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 under the plenary powers. N.Z. (S.) 2202. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 35(1): 25-29.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
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. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 39(3): 186-191.
identification resource	Tovar-Hernández, María Ana; de León-González, Jesús Angel. (2022). A new species of ice cream cone worm in the Gulf of California (Annelida, Pectinariidae). Biodiversity Data Journal. 10: e94772 [19 pages].
identification resource	Nishi, Eijiroh; Matsuo, Kanako; Kazama-Wakabayashi, Maki; Mori, Atsushi; Tomioka, Shinri; Kajihara, Hiroshi; Hamaguchi, Masami; Kajihara, Naoto; Hutchings, Pat. (2014). Partial revision of Japanese Pectinariidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including redescriptions of poorly known species. Zootaxa. 3895(3): 433-445.
identification resource	Hutchings, Patricia A.; Peart, Rachael. (2002). A Review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian Fauna. Records of the Australian Museum,. 54(1): 99-127.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129437