WoRMS taxon details
Arctonoe pulchra (Johnson, 1897)
333030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333030)
accepted
Species
Acholoe pulchra (Johnson, 1897) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Halosydna leioseta Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Halosydna pulchra (Johnson, 1897) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Lepidasthenia pulchra (Johnson, 1897) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Polynoe pulchra Johnson, 1897 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polynoe pulchra Johnson, 1897) Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 177-179, plate VII figs. 34, 43, 43a, plate VIII figs. 50, 50a, 50b; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
page(s): 177-179, plate VII figs. 34, 43, 43a, plate VIII figs. 50, 50a, 50b; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
Type locality contained in California
type locality contained in California [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Arctonoe pulchra (Johnson, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333030 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halosydna leioseta Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. <em>Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College.</em> 11(1): 1-23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263520
page(s): 2-3 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Polynoe pulchra Johnson, 1897) Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 177-179, plate VII figs. 34, 43, 43a, plate VIII figs. 50, 50a, 50b; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1938). Annotated list of the types of polychaetous annelids in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 85(1): 3-31, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4537955
page(s): 4; note: recombined from Polynoe [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 2-3 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Polynoe pulchra Johnson, 1897) Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 177-179, plate VII figs. 34, 43, 43a, plate VIII figs. 50, 50a, 50b; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1938). Annotated list of the types of polychaetous annelids in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 85(1): 3-31, plates 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4537955
page(s): 4; note: recombined from Polynoe [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Ruff, R. Eugene. (1995). Family Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867. 105-166. IN: Blake, James A., Hilbig, Brigitte, and Scott, Paul H. (Ed.). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 12-16, figs. 6A-F, 7A-H; note: redescription of syntype with additional material [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 12-16, figs. 6A-F, 7A-H; note: redescription of syntype with additional material [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964
page(s): 110, 116 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 110, 116 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Polynoe pulchra Johnson, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arctonoe pulchra)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (103 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Polynoe pulchra Johnson, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arctonoe pulchra)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (103 records)
To ITIS
