NSBS taxon details
Polydora Bosc, 1802
129619 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129619)
accepted
Genus
Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Polydora (Polydora)
- Species Polydora (Polydora) caulleryi Mesnil, 1897 accepted as Dipolydora caulleryi (Mesnil, 1897) (superseded combination)
- Species Polydora (Polydora) flava Claparède, 1870 accepted as Dipolydora flava (Claparède, 1870) (superseded alternate representation)
- Species Polydora (Polydora) giardi Mesnil, 1893 accepted as Dipolydora giardi (Mesnil, 1893) (superseded original combination with subsequent subgeneric combination)
- Species Polydora (Polydora) quadrilobata Jacobi, 1883 accepted as Dipolydora quadrilobata (Jacobi, 1883) (superseded alternate representation)
- Species Polydora (Polydora) socialis (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Dipolydora socialis (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838)
- Species Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802
- Species Polydora guillei Laubier & Ramos, 1974 accepted as Atherospio guillei (Laubier & Ramos, 1974) (superseded original combination)
- Species Polydora ligni Webster, 1879 accepted as Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 150-151 [details]
page(s): 150-151 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora Bosc, 1802. Accessed through: Craeymeersh J., P. Kingston, E. Rachor, G. Duineveld, C. Heip., E. Vanden Berghe (1986) North Sea Benthos Survey (NSBS) at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129619 on 2025-04-03
Craeymeersh J., P. Kingston, E. Rachor, G. Duineveld, C. Heip., E. Vanden Berghe (1986). North Sea Benthos Survey (NSBS). Polydora Bosc, 1802. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129619 on 2025-04-03
Date
action
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original description
Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 150-151 [details]
additional source Çaglar, Melahat. (1954). Mytilus galloprovincialis kabuklarında yasayan oyucu bir Polydora türü [A burrowing species of Polydora that lives in Mytilus galloprovincialis shells]. <em>İstanbul Üniversitesi Hydrobiyoloji Enstitüsü Dergisi.</em> (Seri A) 2: 67-73.
note: The only Polydora species mentioned is Polydora ciliata, likely to be a misidentification here. [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source 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)
note: checklist listing [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
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Walker, Lexie M. (2011). A review of the current status of the Polydora-complex (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Australia and a checklist of recorded species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2751: 40-62., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02751p062f.pdf [details] Available for editors
identification resource Williams, Lee-Gavin; Karl, Stephen A.; Rice, Stanley; Simon, Carol. (2017). Molecular identification of polydorid polychaetes (Annelida: Spionidae): is there a quick way to identify pest and alien species?. <em>African Zoology.</em> 52(2): 105-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2017.1313131
note: analysis of primers and molecular sequences for identifying similar pest Polydora and other genera [details]
page(s): 150-151 [details]
additional source Çaglar, Melahat. (1954). Mytilus galloprovincialis kabuklarında yasayan oyucu bir Polydora türü [A burrowing species of Polydora that lives in Mytilus galloprovincialis shells]. <em>İstanbul Üniversitesi Hydrobiyoloji Enstitüsü Dergisi.</em> (Seri A) 2: 67-73.
note: The only Polydora species mentioned is Polydora ciliata, likely to be a misidentification here. [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source 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)
note: checklist listing [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
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Walker, Lexie M. (2011). A review of the current status of the Polydora-complex (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Australia and a checklist of recorded species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2751: 40-62., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02751p062f.pdf [details] Available for editors
identification resource Williams, Lee-Gavin; Karl, Stephen A.; Rice, Stanley; Simon, Carol. (2017). Molecular identification of polydorid polychaetes (Annelida: Spionidae): is there a quick way to identify pest and alien species?. <em>African Zoology.</em> 52(2): 105-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2017.1313131
note: analysis of primers and molecular sequences for identifying similar pest Polydora and other genera [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
