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

Cossura delta Reish, 1958

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cossura*	Webster & Benedict, 1887	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Reish, D.J. 1958. Description of a new species of Cossura (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Mississippi Delta. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 48(2): 53-55.
basis of record	Granados-Barba, Alejandro and Solís-Weiss, V. 1997. The polychaetous annelids from oil platforms areas in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico: Phyllodocidae, Glyceridae, Goniadidae, Hesionidae, and Pilargidae, with description of Ophioglycera lyra, a new species, and comments on Goniada distorta Moore and Scoloplos texana Maciolek & Holland. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 110(3): 457-470, 3 figures, 1 table.
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Cossura delta. 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:326851