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Polydora caeca (Örsted, 1843) 
AphiaID: 146933

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family) > Polydora (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (superseded combination, alternative spelling)
Record
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Accepted name  Dipolydora coeca (Oersted, 1843)
Rank Species
Parent Polydora Bosc, 1802
Sources  basis of record: The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year: Zoological Society of London City: London, UK (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. [details]

basis of record: Fauvel, P. 1927. Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. 1-494. Paul Lechevalier. Paris., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]

basis of record: Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1971. [DUPLICATE (Unlink & DELETE), USE Aphia #618 INSTEAD] Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. 1-594. IN: Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. [details]

basis of record: Mesnil, F. 1896. Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. I. Les Spionidiens des côtes de la Manche. Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique, 29: 110-287. [details]

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

new combination reference: Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 188 [details]


context source (Deepsea): Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 39), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]

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Subspecies Polydora caeca magna Berkeley, 1927 accepted as Polydora magna Berkeley, 1927
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mozambique [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]

Spelling: Comment on the spelling of coeca/caeca. Under ICZN article 58 coeca and caeca are deemed identical. Örsted used coecum, so this spelling should be maintained, but while the species was included in Polydora the spelling 'caeca' was usual practice.  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146933
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-02-24 16:24:45Z  created  Claus, Simon
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2010-05-19 04:53:05Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Polydora caeca (Örsted, 1843). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146933 on 2013-05-21
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