WoRMS taxon details
Eunice fucata Ehlers, 1887
327684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327684)
accepted
Species
Leodice fucata (Ehlers, 1887) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Mayeria gregarica (Mayer, 1900) · unaccepted (superseded recombination of...)
superseded recombination of subjective synonym
Staurocephalus gregaricus Mayer, 1900 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 91-93, plate 25 figs. 8-20 [details]
page(s): 91-93, plate 25 figs. 8-20 [details]
Note Dry Tortugas, Channel between East and Middle...
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Type locality Dry Tortugas, Channel between East and Middle Key, deptb 5 to 7 fathoms, Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean Sea. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice fucata Ehlers, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327684 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 91-93, plate 25 figs. 8-20 [details]
original description (of Staurocephalus gregaricus Mayer, 1900) Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1900). An Atlantic Palolo, Staurocephalus gregaricus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 36(1): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30098249
page(s): 2-12, plate 1 figs. 1-9, plate 2 figs. 10-17, plate 3 figs. 18-27 [details]
page(s): 91-93, plate 25 figs. 8-20 [details]
original description (of Staurocephalus gregaricus Mayer, 1900) Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1900). An Atlantic Palolo, Staurocephalus gregaricus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 36(1): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30098249
page(s): 2-12, plate 1 figs. 1-9, plate 2 figs. 10-17, plate 3 figs. 18-27 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523
page(s): 150 [not clear if Ehlers' or Mayer's specimens are re-examined] [details]
page(s): 150 [not clear if Ehlers' or Mayer's specimens are re-examined] [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Clark, L. B. and Hess, W. N. 1928. Swarming of the palolo worm (Eunice fucata) under natural conditions with observations of reactions of free living sexual ends. Report of the Tortugas Laboratory, Carnegie Institute Year Book 37: 88. [details]
ecology source Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1908). The annual breeding-swarm of the Atlantic Palolo. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 102: 107-112., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1632941 [details]
ecology source Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1908). The annual breeding-swarm of the Atlantic Palolo. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 102: 107-112., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1632941 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 45 [details]
biology source Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1902). The Atlantic palolo. <em>The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Sciences bulletin.</em> 1(3): 93-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50943311 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1922). Ueber litorale Polychaeten von Westindien. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freunde zur Berlin.</em> (3-5): 38-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43656381
page(s): 45 [details]
biology source Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. (1902). The Atlantic palolo. <em>The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Sciences bulletin.</em> 1(3): 93-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50943311 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Staurocephalus gregaricus Mayer, 1900) MCZ unknown, geounit Florida Keys [details]
Syntype MCZ unknown, geounit Florida Keys [details]
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Breeding The later papers of Clark & Hess on reproductive swarming were written while the "Atlantic palolo" was placed in Leodice. Earlier Treadwell (1921, reported as Leodice fucata) has a good summary of knowledge to that date, including swarming dates. [details]Type locality Dry Tortugas, Channel between East and Middle Key, deptb 5 to 7 fathoms, Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean Sea. [details]
