WoRMS taxon details
Hydroides ancorispina Pillai, 1971 [original]
328434 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328434)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pillai, T. Gottfried. (1971). Studies on a collection of marine and brackish-water polychaete annelids of the family Serpulidae from Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 9(2): 88-130.
page(s): 108-110, fig. 6A-E [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 108-110, fig. 6A-E [details] Available for editors
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Holotype BM 1968-152, geounit Sri Lankan part of the...
, Note Wellawatte, Columbo, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean,...
Holotype BM 1968-152, geounit Sri Lankan part of the Indian Ocean [details]
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Type locality Wellawatte, Columbo, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean, approx (gazetteer) 6.8746 79.8569 [details]
Etymology no etymology given, thus taken to be a compound noun from Latin ancora and spina, both feminine
Taxonomy morphologically very similar to Hydroides malleolaspina Straughan, 1967
Etymology no etymology given, thus taken to be a compound noun from Latin ancora and spina, both feminine [details]
Taxonomy morphologically very similar to Hydroides malleolaspina Straughan, 1967
Taxonomy morphologically very similar to Hydroides malleolaspina Straughan, 1967 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Hydroides ancorispina Pillai, 1971 [original]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328434 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Pillai, T. Gottfried. (1971). Studies on a collection of marine and brackish-water polychaete annelids of the family Serpulidae from Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 9(2): 88-130.
page(s): 108-110, fig. 6A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 108-110, fig. 6A-E [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Kupriyanova, E.; Sun, Y.; Wong, E.; Ten Hove, H. (2023). Hydroides of the World. , available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=6krIEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&ots=EB8wg9X76r&dq=Kupriyanova%2C%20E.%3B%20Sun%2C%20Y.%3B%20Wong%2C%20E.%3B%20Ten%20Hove%2C%20H.%20(2023).%20Hydroides%20of%20the%20World.%20&lr&hl=nl&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 70-71, fig. 21 [details]
page(s): 70-71, fig. 21 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BM 1968-152, geounit Sri Lankan part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology no etymology given, thus taken to be a compound noun from Latin ancora and spina, both feminine [details]Grammatical gender feminine. Unchanging as compound noun in apposition. [details]
Taxonomy morphologically very similar to Hydroides malleolaspina Straughan, 1967 [details]
Type locality Wellawatte, Columbo, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean, approx (gazetteer) 6.8746 79.8569 [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydroides ancorispina)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Hydroides ancorispina Pillai, 1971; holotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3475356)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Hydroides ancorispina Pillai, 1971; holotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3475356)
From editor or global species database
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