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Polynoa Carrington, 1865 
AphiaID: 204963

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder) > Polynoidae (Family) > Polynoinae (Subfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Spelling variation)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Polynoe Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Rank Genus
Parent Polynoinae Kinberg, 1856
Sources  basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details]

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

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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Species Polynoa maculosa Carrington, 1865 accepted as Malmgreniella lunulata (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Spelling: spelled Polynoe in Fauchald, 1977<246> and the Type species is Polynoe scolopendrina Savigny 1818. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204963
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-08-26 11:57:53Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-01-29 07:40:06Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2006-08-12 14:17:32Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-01-22 09:31:04Z  changed  Barnich, Ruth
2007-02-01 10:44:13Z  changed  Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Polynoa Carrington, 1865. 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=204963 on 2013-06-19
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