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Polydora posthamata Jones, 1962 
AphiaID: 131148

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family) > Polydora (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Polydora Bosc, 1802
Synonymised
taxa
  Polydora adunca Harris, 1971 (objective synonym)
Polydora hamata Langerhans, 1880 (New name)
Sources  original description: Jones, Meredith L. 1962. On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 124(5): 169-212., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213 [details]

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: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

from synonym: Blake, J.A. and Kudenov, Jerry D. 1978. The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 39: 171-280. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Langerhans, Paul 1881. Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 34(1): 87-143. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Webster, Henry E. 1879. The Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. Transactions Albany Institute New York, 9: 202-272. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Harris, Tegwyn 1971. Unusual Polychaeta from the Isles of Scilly with the description of a new species of Zeppelina (Vaillant, 1890). Journal of Natural History, 5: 691-717. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
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Note  Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Madeira [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131148
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Polydora posthamata Jones, 1962. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131148 on 2013-05-24
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