WoRMS taxon details
Poecilochaetus tropicus Okuda, 1935
330852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330852)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Okuda, Shiro. (1935). <i>Poecilochaetus tropicus</i> n. sp., a remarkable sedentary polychaete from the South Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 11(7): 289-291., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.11.289
page(s): 289-291, figures 1-2; note: Palau, intertidal [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 289-291, figures 1-2; note: Palau, intertidal [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Palau Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, Palau Islands
type locality contained in Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Palau Islands [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Poecilochaetus tropicus Okuda, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330852 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
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Okuda, Shiro. (1935). <i>Poecilochaetus tropicus</i> n. sp., a remarkable sedentary polychaete from the South Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 11(7): 289-291., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.11.289
page(s): 289-291, figures 1-2; note: Palau, intertidal [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 289-291, figures 1-2; note: Palau, intertidal [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Okuda, Shiro. (1937). Polychaetous annelids from the Palau Islands and adjacent waters, the South Sea Islands. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 7(12): 257-315.
page(s): 294; note: New record.with description of a single specimen from Babeldaob (also Babelthuap) island, Palau, known to Okuda as Baberudaobu, from placename Marukyoku on the eastern coast. Okuda gives a map.. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 294; note: New record.with description of a single specimen from Babeldaob (also Babelthuap) island, Palau, known to Okuda as Baberudaobu, from placename Marukyoku on the eastern coast. Okuda gives a map.. [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
additional source Imajima, Minoru. (1989). Poecilochaetidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Japan. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Series A (Zoology).</em> 15(2): 61-103., available online at https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/download/15_2/BNSM150201.pdf
page(s): 63-68, figs. 2a-q, 3a-m [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Imajima, Minoru. (1989). Poecilochaetidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Japan. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Series A (Zoology).</em> 15(2): 61-103., available online at https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/download/15_2/BNSM150201.pdf
page(s): 63-68, figs. 2a-q, 3a-m [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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
Publication date The Hartman catalogue (and WoRMS until Jan 2020) wrongly recorded the date of publication as 1937, citing a later (1937) article [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Palau Islands [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミナミトックリゴカイ | [details] |
