WoRMS taxon details
Polydora colonia Moore, 1907
131142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131142)
accepted
Species
Polydora ancistrata Jones, 1962 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polydora hoplura inhaca Day, 1957 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, J.P. (1907). Descriptions of new species of spioniform annelids. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 59: 195-207, plates XV-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24684781
page(s): 199-201, plate XV figs. 18-23 [details]
page(s): 199-201, plate XV figs. 18-23 [details]
Holotype USNM 2324, geounit Woods Hole
, Note Northwest Atlantic Ocean, USA, Massachusetts,...
Holotype USNM 2324, geounit Woods Hole [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Northwest Atlantic Ocean, USA, Massachusetts, harbor of Vineyard Haven (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 41.456º, long. -70.6º). Blake (1971: 15) refers the type locality as being Hadley Harbor, also near Woods Hole, while Loi (1980: 136) refers Vineyard Haven as the type locality. [details]
Depth range Shallow water to about 4 m depth.
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Massachusetts to North Carolina. Jamaica. South Africa. Northwest Pacific Ocean. Western...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet colonia is a Latin noun meaning 'colony' or 'settlement', and presumably refers to the...
Depth range Shallow water to about 4 m depth. [details]
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Massachusetts to North Carolina. Jamaica. South Africa. Northwest Pacific Ocean. Western...
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Massachusetts to North Carolina. Jamaica. South Africa. Northwest Pacific Ocean. Western Mediterranean Sea (Nerja, Spain). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet colonia is a Latin noun meaning 'colony' or 'settlement', and presumably refers to the...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet colonia is a Latin noun meaning 'colony' or 'settlement', and presumably refers to the compact soft colonies of numerous soft mucoid tubes formed by the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora colonia Moore, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131142 on 2023-05-28
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original description
Moore, J.P. (1907). Descriptions of new species of spioniform annelids. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 59: 195-207, plates XV-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24684781
page(s): 199-201, plate XV figs. 18-23 [details]
original description (of Polydora hoplura inhaca Day, 1957) Day, John H. (1957). The Polychaet Fauna of South Africa. Part 4. New species and records from Natal and Moçambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14(1): 59-129.
page(s): 99, fig. 6k-l [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Polydora ancistrata Jones, 1962) Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 185, figs. 55-65 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
redescription David, Andrew A.; Williams, Jason D. (2012). Morphology and natural history of the cryptogenic sponge associate <i>Polydora colonia</i> Moore, 1907 (Polychaeta: Spionidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 46(23-24): 1509-1528., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.679323
page(s): 1512 [details]
redescription Blake, J. A. (1971). Revision of the genus <i>Polydora</i> from the east coast of North America (Polychaeta: Spionidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 75: 1-32., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.75
page(s): 15-17, fig. 10 [details]
redescription Aguirre, O.; San Martín, G.; Baratech, L. (1986). Presencia de la especie <i>Polydora colonia</i> Moore, 1907 (Polychaeta, Spionidae) en las costas españolas. <em>Miscel·lània Zoològica.</em> 10: 375-377., available online at http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Mzoologica/article/view/91916
page(s): 375-377, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 199-201, plate XV figs. 18-23 [details]
original description (of Polydora hoplura inhaca Day, 1957) Day, John H. (1957). The Polychaet Fauna of South Africa. Part 4. New species and records from Natal and Moçambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14(1): 59-129.
page(s): 99, fig. 6k-l [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Polydora ancistrata Jones, 1962) Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 185, figs. 55-65 [details] Available for editors
[request] context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
[request] 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 Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
redescription David, Andrew A.; Williams, Jason D. (2012). Morphology and natural history of the cryptogenic sponge associate <i>Polydora colonia</i> Moore, 1907 (Polychaeta: Spionidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 46(23-24): 1509-1528., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.679323
page(s): 1512 [details]
redescription Blake, J. A. (1971). Revision of the genus <i>Polydora</i> from the east coast of North America (Polychaeta: Spionidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 75: 1-32., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.75
page(s): 15-17, fig. 10 [details]
redescription Aguirre, O.; San Martín, G.; Baratech, L. (1986). Presencia de la especie <i>Polydora colonia</i> Moore, 1907 (Polychaeta, Spionidae) en las costas españolas. <em>Miscel·lània Zoològica.</em> 10: 375-377., available online at http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Mzoologica/article/view/91916
page(s): 375-377, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 2324, geounit Woods Hole [details]
Paratype (of Polydora ancistrata Jones, 1962) AMNH 3608, geounit Port Royal [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water to about 4 m depth. [details]Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Massachusetts to North Carolina. Jamaica. South Africa. Northwest Pacific Ocean. Western Mediterranean Sea (Nerja, Spain). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet colonia is a Latin noun meaning 'colony' or 'settlement', and presumably refers to the compact soft colonies of numerous soft mucoid tubes formed by the species. [details]
Habitat Lives in compact soft colonies formed of soft mucoid tubes covered with fine silt in the interstices of tunicates and sponges on wharf piles, and on rocks in areas of water movement. Specimens from Playa Torrecilla (Nerja, Mediterranean coast of Spain) were found among calcareous concretions of Mesophyllum lichenoides (Rodophyta: Corallinacea). [details]
Holotype Holotype deposited at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, USA (ANSP 2324). [details]
Reproduction Specimens taken at the end of July in the region of Woods Hole contained large eggs which begun at somite XVI or XVII. [details]
Type locality Northwest Atlantic Ocean, USA, Massachusetts, harbor of Vineyard Haven (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 41.456º, long. -70.6º). Blake (1971: 15) refers the type locality as being Hadley Harbor, also near Woods Hole, while Loi (1980: 136) refers Vineyard Haven as the type locality. [details]
