WoRMS taxon details
Polydora nuchalis Woodwick, 1953
330939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330939)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Woodwick, Keith H. (1953). <i>Polydora nuchalis</i>, a new species of polychaetous annelid from California. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 43(11): 381-383., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39745067
page(s): 381-383, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 381-383, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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Note Pacific Ocean, southern California
Type locality Pacific Ocean, southern California [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora nuchalis Woodwick, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330939 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
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Woodwick, Keith H. (1953). <i>Polydora nuchalis</i>, a new species of polychaetous annelid from California. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 43(11): 381-383., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39745067
page(s): 381-383, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 381-383, fig. 1 [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, southern California [details]
