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Polydorella Augener, 1914 
AphiaID: 325189

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Polydorella prolifera Augener, 1914 (type by original designation)
Parent Spionidae Grube, 1850
Sources  original description: Augener, H. 1914. Polychaeta II: Sedentaria. 1-72. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise l905. Volume 5. Gustav Fischer. Jena.
page(s): 16 [details]

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

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Polydorella dawydoffi Radashevsky, 1996
Species Polydorella kamakamai Williams, 2004
Species Polydorella novaegeorgiae Gibbs, 1971
Species Polydorella prolifera Augener, 1914
Species Polydorella smurovi Tzetlin & Britaev, 1985
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Habitat: All known species live on the surface of sponges in the Indo-Pacific, and form colonies by asexual paratomy. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325189
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-03-05 14:39:51Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2011-07-12 22:11:26Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Polydorella Augener, 1914. 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=325189 on 2013-05-23
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