WRiMS taxon details
Dipolydora armata (Langerhans, 1880)
131115 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131115)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 93-94, plate IV fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 93-94, plate IV fig. 5 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Dipolydora armata (Langerhans, 1880). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131115 on 2025-05-18
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Dipolydora armata (Langerhans, 1880). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131115 on 2025-05-18
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original description
(of ) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 93-94, plate IV fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bick, Andreas. (2001). The morphology and ecology of <i>Dipolydora armata</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the western Mediterranean Sea. <em>Acta Zoologica (Stockholm).</em> 82: 177-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2001.00078.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2003). Life history, morphology and distribution of <i>Dipolydora armata</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 83(2): 375-384., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403007227h [details] Available for editors
additional source Williams, Jason D. (2001). <i>Polydora</i> and related genera associated with hermit crabs from the Indo-West Pacific (Polychaeta: Spionidae), with descriptions of two new species and a second polydorid egg predator of hermit crabs. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 55(4): 429-465., available online at http://doi.org/10.1353/psc.2001.0037
page(s): 438-442, figs. 5-6 [details] Available for editors
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 643-645, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference 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
page(s): 196-198, fig. 4.36; note: recombined from Polydora [details]
page(s): 93-94, plate IV fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bick, Andreas. (2001). The morphology and ecology of <i>Dipolydora armata</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the western Mediterranean Sea. <em>Acta Zoologica (Stockholm).</em> 82: 177-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2001.00078.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2003). Life history, morphology and distribution of <i>Dipolydora armata</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 83(2): 375-384., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403007227h [details] Available for editors
additional source Williams, Jason D. (2001). <i>Polydora</i> and related genera associated with hermit crabs from the Indo-West Pacific (Polychaeta: Spionidae), with descriptions of two new species and a second polydorid egg predator of hermit crabs. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 55(4): 429-465., available online at http://doi.org/10.1353/psc.2001.0037
page(s): 438-442, figs. 5-6 [details] Available for editors
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 643-645, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference 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
page(s): 196-198, fig. 4.36; note: recombined from Polydora [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms[details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins
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