WoRMS name details
Palolo [auctt. misspelling]
324711 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324711)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (subsequent misspelling of 'Palola')
Genus
- Species Palolo accrescens (Hoagland, 1920) accepted as Palola accrescens (Hoagland, 1920) (misspelling)
- Species Palolo edentulum (Ehlers, 1901) accepted as Palola edentulum (Ehlers, 1901) (misspelling)
- Species Palolo esbelta Morgado & Amaral, 1981 accepted as Palola esbelta Morgado & Amaral, 1981 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling)
- Species Palolo pallidus Hartman, 1938 accepted as Palola pallidus Hartman, 1938 (superseded original combination, genus misspelled as 'Palolo')
- Species Palolo paloloides (Moore, 1909) accepted as Palola paloloides (Moore, 1909) (misspelling)
- Species Palolo siciliensis (Grube, 1840) accepted as Palola siciliensis (Grube, 1840) (misspelling)
- Species Palolo viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 accepted as Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 (misspelling of 'Palola')
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Palola Gray in Stair, 1847) 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.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Palolo [auctt. misspelling]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324711 on 2026-10-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Palola Gray in Stair, 1847) 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]
basis of record Fauchald, Kristian. (1992). Review of the types of <i>Palola</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 26(6): 1177-1225., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939200770681 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 17 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, Kristian. (1992). Review of the types of <i>Palola</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 26(6): 1177-1225., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939200770681 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
