WoRMS name details
Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892
327456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327456)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (based on larval form)
Species
Drieschia caroli (Fauvel, 1914) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Nectochaeta caroli Fauvel, 1914 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Michaelsen, Wilhelm. (1892). Polychaeten von Ceylon. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 9(2): 91-113, 1 plate., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781423
page(s): 96-99, figs. 15-18 [details]
page(s): 96-99, figs. 15-18 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327456 on 2026-10-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Michaelsen, Wilhelm. (1892). Polychaeten von Ceylon. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 9(2): 91-113, 1 plate., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781423
page(s): 96-99, figs. 15-18 [details]
original description (of Nectochaeta caroli Fauvel, 1914) Fauvel, P. 1914. Aphroditiens pélagique des Campagnes de l'Hirondelle, de la Princesse-Alice, et de l'Hirondelle II. Note préliminaire. Bulletin de l'Institute océanographique, 287: 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45983413
page(s): 5-6, fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Dales, R.P. 1957. Pelagic polychaetes from the Bay of Biscay. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 12, 9: 661-664., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935708656010 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 96-99, figs. 15-18 [details]
original description (of Nectochaeta caroli Fauvel, 1914) Fauvel, P. 1914. Aphroditiens pélagique des Campagnes de l'Hirondelle, de la Princesse-Alice, et de l'Hirondelle II. Note préliminaire. Bulletin de l'Institute océanographique, 287: 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45983413
page(s): 5-6, fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Dales, R.P. 1957. Pelagic polychaetes from the Bay of Biscay. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 12, 9: 661-664., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935708656010 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Wehe, T.; Fiege, D. (2002). Annotated checklist of the polychaete species of the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Gulf. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 19(7): 7-238., available online at http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/aquazool/mev2/wehe_%26_fiege.pdf
page(s): 107; note: "According to Hartman (1959), Nectochaeta caroli Fauvel, 1914 a might be identical with D. pelagica. Both are probably larvae of the genus Lepidasthenia Malmgren, 1867. The vali...
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page(s): 107; note: "According to Hartman (1959), Nectochaeta caroli Fauvel, 1914 a might be identical with D. pelagica. Both are probably larvae of the genus Lepidasthenia Malmgren, 1867. The vali...
"According to Hartman (1959), Nectochaeta caroli Fauvel, 1914 a might be
identical with D. pelagica. Both are probably larvae of the genus Lepidasthenia Malmgren, 1867.
The validity of this taxon is therefore uncertain."
Other
additional source
Ehlers, Ernst. (1913). Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 448-449, plate XXVII fig. 12 [details]
page(s): 448-449, plate XXVII fig. 12 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
