Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > 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: 214-231.
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]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 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

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cossura pygodactylata Jones, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129985