Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Cossuridae > Genus Cossura

Cossura pygodactylata Jones, 1956

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cossura*	Webster & Benedict, 1887	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Jones, Meredith L. 1956. Cossura pygodactylata, a new annelid from San Francisco Bay (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 46(4): 127-130.
basis of record	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: pp. 214-231
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d’Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(1): 67-95
redescription	Hilbig, Brigitte 1996. Family Cossuridae Day, 1963. pages 385-402. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Cossura pygodactylata. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129985