WoRMS name details
Polynoe dictyophora Grube, 1878
220412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220412)
unaccepted (superseded combination with correct spelling; mandatory gender agreement requires 'dictyophora')
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polynoe dictyophorus Grube, 1878) Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 44-45, plate XV figure 9 [details]
page(s): 44-45, plate XV figure 9 [details]
Distribution Australia, Malay Archipelago, Annam, Bay of Bengal, Ceylon, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Madagascar.
Distribution Australia, Malay Archipelago, Annam, Bay of Bengal, Ceylon, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Madagascar. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polynoe dictyophora Grube, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220412 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
2000-08-01 09:52:29Z
created
Vermaercke, Sigrid
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polynoe dictyophorus Grube, 1878) Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 44-45, plate XV figure 9 [details]
basis of record Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta
page(s): 44; note: original spelling corrected to 'dictyophora', due to mandatory gender agreement [details]
page(s): 44-45, plate XV figure 9 [details]
basis of record Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta
page(s): 44; note: original spelling corrected to 'dictyophora', due to mandatory gender agreement [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 251, plate 1 figures 14-16; note: recombined in Harmothoe [details]
page(s): 251, plate 1 figures 14-16; note: recombined in Harmothoe [details]
Other
additional source
Hanley, J. Russell and Burke, Melanie. (1990). Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Albany, Western Australia. 203-236. IN: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H., and Lethbridge, R. (Ed.). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: Perth, Western Australian Museum.
page(s): 208-211, figure 3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 208-211, figure 3 [details] Available for editors
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