WoRMS taxon details
Polydora heterochaeta Rioja, 1939
330924 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330924)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rioja, Enrique. (1939). Estudios anelidológicos I. Observaciones acerca de varias formas larvarias y postlarvarias pelágicas de Spionidae, procedentes de Acapulco, con descripción de una especie nueva del género <i>Polydora</i>. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 10(3/4): 297-311., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/390
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Type locality contained in Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, western Mexico
type locality contained in Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, western Mexico [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora heterochaeta Rioja, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330924 on 2025-10-09
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Rioja, Enrique. (1939). Estudios anelidológicos I. Observaciones acerca de varias formas larvarias y postlarvarias pelágicas de Spionidae, procedentes de Acapulco, con descripción de una especie nueva del género <i>Polydora</i>. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 10(3/4): 297-311., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/390
page(s): 308-309, figs. 6-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 308-309, figs. 6-10 [details] Available for editors
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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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, western Mexico [details]
