Subgenus Cephalodiscus (Cephalodiscus) M'Intosh, 1882
- Cephalodiscus M'Intosh, W.C. 1882. Preliminary notice of Cephalodiscus, a new type allied to Prof. Allman's Rhabdopleura dredged in H.M.S. 'Challenger'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 10: 337-348 [348] [full description given by M'Intosh, W.C. 1887. Report on Cephalodiscus dodecalophus M'Intosh, a new type of Polyzoa. Challenger Reports 20(62): 1–37 pls 1–7 [appendix by S.F. Harmer, pp. 38–48]].
Type species:
Cephalodiscus dodecalophus M'Intosh, 1882 by original designation. - Demiothecia Ridewood, W.G. 1906. A new species of Cephalodiscus (C. gilchristi) from the Cape Seas. Marine Investigations in South Africa 4: 173-192 [191] [first introduced as a subgenus of Cephalodiscus].
Type species (included species):
Cephalodiscus dodecacephalus M'Intosh, 1882; Cephalodiscus gracilis Harmer, 1905; Cephalodiscus hodgsoni Ridewood, 1907
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Johnston, T.H. & Muirhead, N.G. 1951. Cephalodiscus. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 1(3): 89-120-3 pls [93]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Burwood Bank, Tierra del Fuego, Magellan Str., Madre de Dios Archipelago, Joinville Is., Graham Land, Palmer Archipelago, South Orkneys, South Shetlands, South Georgia, Florida Straits, Corea Strait (Japan), Buton Strait (SE Sulawesi), E coast of Borneo, Grand Recif de Tulear, Li Fou Is.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Madagascar
Antarctic Region
- Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
- New Caledonia
Neotropical Region
- Bermuda
- Falkland Islands
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
Distribution References
- Dilly, P.N. 1994. (pers. comm.). in Epos 3 collection of Pterobranchs held at the ZMUC.
- Johnston, T.H. & Muirhead, N.G. 1951. Cephalodiscus. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 1(3): 89-120-3 pls (localities, also bathymetric range, fossil forms, Australian species)
General References
Emig, C.C. 1977. Sur une nouvelle espèce de Cephalodiscus, C. (C). calciformis n.sp. (Hemichordata, Pterobranchia), récoltée à Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 342: 1077-1082 (revised subgeneric diagnosis)
Markham, J.C. 1971. The species of Cephalodiscus collected during operation Deep Freeze, 1956–1959. Biology of the Antarctic Seas. Antarctic Research Series 17: 83-110 (key for identification of genera, subgenera and species)
Ridewood, W.G. 1920. A key for identifying the species of Cephalodiscus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 5: 407-410
van der Horst, C.J. 1939. Hemichordata. pp. 1-737 in Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs. Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H. Vol. 4(2). [published 1927–1939] (biology, systematics)
History of changes
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