WoRMS taxon details
Palola Gray in Stair, 1847
129283 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129283)
accepted
Genus
Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 (type by monotypy)
Eunice (Palola) · unaccepted
Lithognatha Stewart, 1881 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Palolo · unaccepted (misspelled)
- Species Palola accrescens (Hoagland, 1920)
- Species Palola bitorquata (Grube, 1870) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Palola brasiliensis Zanol, Paiva & Attolini, 2000
- Species Palola dubia (Woodworth, 1907) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Palola ebranchiata (Quatrefages, 1866)
- Species Palola edentulum (Ehlers, 1901)
- Species Palola esbelta Morgado & Amaral, 1981
- Species Palola gallapagensis (Kinberg, 1865) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Palola leucodon (Ehlers, 1901)
- Species Palola longicirrata (Kinberg, 1865) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Palola madeirensis (Baird, 1869)
- Species Palola pallidus Hartman, 1938
- Species Palola paloloides (Moore, 1909)
- Species Palola siciliensis (Grube, 1840)
- Species Palola simplex (Peters, 1854)
- Species Palola valida (Gravier, 1900)
- Species Palola vernalis (Treadwell, 1922)
- Species Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stair, John B. (1847). An account of Palolo, a sea worm eaten in the Navigator Islands, with a description by J.E. Gray. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862801
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Palola Gray in Stair, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129283 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Stair, John B. (1847). An account of Palolo, a sea worm eaten in the Navigator Islands, with a description by J.E. Gray. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862801
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Lithognatha Stewart, 1881) Stewart, Charles 1881. On a supposed new boring annelid. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 1: 717-719,plate9. [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]
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Lithognatha Stewart, 1881) Stewart, Charles 1881. On a supposed new boring annelid. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 1: 717-719,plate9. [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
