Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 
AphiaID: 335340

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Eunicida (Order) > Eunicidae (Family) > Palola (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Palola Gray in Stair, 1847
Parent		Palola Gray in Stair, 1847
Synonymised taxa		Lysidice palola Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym) Palolo viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 (misspelling)
Sources		original description: Stair, J. B. 1847. An account of Palolo, a sea-worm eaten in the Navigator Islands, with a description by J.E. Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 17-18. [details] basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Schulze, Anja; Timm, Laura. 2012. Palolo and un: distinct clades in the genus Palola (Eunicidae, Polychaeta). Marine Biodiversity 42(2): 161-171, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-011-0100-5 page(s): 161 [details] redescription: Fauchald, K. 1992. Review of the types of Palola (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). Journal of Natural History, 26: 1177-1225. [details] from synonym: Quatrefages, Armand de. 1866. Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 1. 1-588. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. [some vol.2 species are also linked here but see also source 51472]., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] [view taxon]
Distribution		American Samoa (from specimen)
Specimen		Nontype: LACM , locality American Samoa (Fag'aituta Bay, Tutuila Islands) [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 11 proteins) To ITIS
Note		Type locality: Pacific Ocean, Samoa [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335340
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-17 07:31:26Z   created   Decock, Wim 2012-04-13 09:10:58Z   checked   Zanol, Joana 2013-02-14 13:10:41Z   changed   Zanol, Joana
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		Citation: Zanol, J. (2013). Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335340 on 2013-05-23