WoRMS taxon details
Pelogenia zeylanica (Willey, 1905)
236766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236766)
accepted
Species
Psammolyce zeylanica Willey, 1905 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
(of Psammolyce zeylanica Willey, 1905) Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 255-256, plate I figs. 33-34, plate II figs. 35-43 [details]
page(s): 255-256, plate I figs. 33-34, plate II figs. 35-43 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pelogenia zeylanica (Willey, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236766 on 2025-11-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Psammolyce zeylanica Willey, 1905) Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 255-256, plate I figs. 33-34, plate II figs. 35-43 [details]
page(s): 255-256, plate I figs. 33-34, plate II figs. 35-43 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Pettibone, M.H. (1997). Revision of the sigalionid species (Polychaeta) referred to Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856, Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861, and belonging to the subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 581: 1-89., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5680
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Goto, R. & Tanaka, M. (2019). Worm-riding clam: description of <em>Montacutona sigalionidcola</em> sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Heterodonta: Galeommatidae) from Japan and its phylogenetic position. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4652 (3): 473-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.4
note: A bivalve always found attached to the dorsal surface of the anterior end of the host, Pelogenia zeylanica, body. [details] Available for editors
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note: A bivalve always found attached to the dorsal surface of the anterior end of the host, Pelogenia zeylanica, body. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Ecology Montacutona sigalionidcola is a bivalve always found attached to the dorsal surface of the anterior end of the sigalionid host, Pelogenia zeylanica, body [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フタコブウロコムシ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Psammolyce zeylanica Willey, 1905)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Psammolyce zeylanica Willey, 1905)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Psammolyce zeylanica Willey, 1905)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
