NARMS name details
Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891
157536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157536)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). A commensal annelid. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 25(289): 25-35, plates I-II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41480532 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157536 on 2025-06-25
NARMS (2025). Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157536 on 2025-06-25
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original description
Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). A commensal annelid. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 25(289): 25-35, plates I-II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41480532 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 14(852): 277-302, plates XII-XVIII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7543195
page(s): 291-292, plate XV fig. 27 [details]
additional source Uschakov, Pavel Vladimirovich. 1955. Monogoshchetinkovye chervi dal'nevostochnykh morei U.S.S.R. 1-445. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. Moscow & Leningrad. [details]
source of synonymy Williams, Jason D. and McDermott, John J. 1997. Feeding behavior of Dipolydora commensalis (Polychaeta: Spionidae): particle capture, transport, and selection. Invertebrate Biology, 116(2): 115-123. [details]
source of synonymy Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). Report upon the Annelida Polychaeta of Beaufort, North Carolina. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 14(852): 277-302, plates XII-XVIII., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7543195
page(s): 291-292, plate XV fig. 27 [details]
additional source Uschakov, Pavel Vladimirovich. 1955. Monogoshchetinkovye chervi dal'nevostochnykh morei U.S.S.R. 1-445. Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. Moscow & Leningrad. [details]
source of synonymy Williams, Jason D. and McDermott, John J. 1997. Feeding behavior of Dipolydora commensalis (Polychaeta: Spionidae): particle capture, transport, and selection. Invertebrate Biology, 116(2): 115-123. [details]
source of synonymy Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
