Polychaeta taxon details
Palmyra aurifera Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
155372 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155372)
accepted
Species
Palmyra splendens Potts, 1910 · unaccepted
Palmyropsis macintoshi Potts, 1910 · unaccepted (subjective synonym, genus is a...)
subjective synonym, genus is a junior homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 306 [details]
page(s): 306 [details]
Holotype MNHN UC 92, geounit Mauritius , Type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Indian Ocean, Mauritius ? Red Sea
Holotype MNHN UC 92, geounit Mauritius [details]
type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Indian Ocean, Mauritius ? Red Sea [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Palmyra aurifera Savigny in Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155372 on 2025-05-04
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Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Palmyropsis macintoshi Potts, 1910) Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 326-327 [details]
original description (of Palmyra splendens Potts, 1910) Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 327-328, plate 20 fig. 25, plate 21 fig. 34 [details]
additional source McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 53-56, Pl. IX figs. 1-2, Pl. VIA figs. 8-9 [details]
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; McRae, Jane. (1993). The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 45(3): 279-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.24
page(s): 342-343 [details] Available for editors
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redescription Watson Russell, Charlotte. (1989). Revision of <i>Palmyra</i> Savigny (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) and redescription of <i>Palmyra aurifera</i>. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6(1): 35-53.
page(s): 44-50 [details]
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Palmyropsis macintoshi Potts, 1910) Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 326-327 [details]
original description (of Palmyra splendens Potts, 1910) Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 327-328, plate 20 fig. 25, plate 21 fig. 34 [details]
additional source McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 53-56, Pl. IX figs. 1-2, Pl. VIA figs. 8-9 [details]
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; McRae, Jane. (1993). The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 45(3): 279-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.24
page(s): 342-343 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Watson Russell, Charlotte. (1989). Revision of <i>Palmyra</i> Savigny (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) and redescription of <i>Palmyra aurifera</i>. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6(1): 35-53.
page(s): 44-50 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN UC 92, geounit Mauritius [details]
