WoRMS taxon details
Pista cristata (Müller, 1776)
131516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131516)
accepted
Species
Amphiro cristata (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination in McIntosh, 1922
Amphitrite cristata Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (synonym)
Axionice cristata (O.F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
Idalia cristata (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent recombination)
Idalia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Terebella turrita Grube, 1860 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Pista cristata capensis McIntosh, 1924
- Subspecies Pista cristata occidentalis Bidenkap in Nordgaard, 1907 accepted as Eupolymnia nebulosa (Montagu, 1819) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amphitrite cristata Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 216 [details]
page(s): 216 [details]
Type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista cristata (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131516 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphitrite cristata Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 216 [details]
original description (of Idalia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 372-373 [details]
original description (of Terebella turrita Grube, 1860) Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453
page(s): 96-97, plate IV fig. 6 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 216 [details]
original description (of Idalia vermiculus Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 372-373 [details]
original description (of Terebella turrita Grube, 1860) Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453
page(s): 96-97, plate IV fig. 6 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors 
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[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fishelson, L.; Rullier, F. (1969). The Second South Red Sea Expedition, 1965, Report No. 9. Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18: 49-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1969.10688275 [details]
additional source Banse, Karl. (1980). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 37(1): 20-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f80-003
page(s): 29-30, fig. 4B-E [details]
additional source Gravier, Charles. (1907). Sur les annélides polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique française (Térébelliens, Serpuliens). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 13(1): 46-52., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5042305
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 382-383, plate XXII fig. 59 [details]
additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fishelson, L.; Rullier, F. (1969). The Second South Red Sea Expedition, 1965, Report No. 9. Quelques Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 18: 49-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1969.10688275 [details]
additional source Banse, Karl. (1980). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Northeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 37(1): 20-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f80-003
page(s): 29-30, fig. 4B-E [details]
additional source Gravier, Charles. (1907). Sur les annélides polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique française (Térébelliens, Serpuliens). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 13(1): 46-52., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5042305
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 382-383, plate XXII fig. 59 [details]
additional source McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538. [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Synonymy Subsequent combination; Valid taxon: Axionice cristata (O.F. Müller, 1776) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツクシフサゴカイ | [details] |
http://gulfbase.org/biogomx/biospecies.php?species=Spp-37-0761 Note: Doubful
To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (103 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Amphitrite cristata Müller, 1776)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pista cristata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista cristata (1) 57981)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista cristata 57981)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (87 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (77 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (103 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Amphitrite cristata Müller, 1776)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pista cristata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista cristata (1) 57981)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pista cristata 57981)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (87 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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