WoRMS name details
Palmyropsis macintoshi Potts, 1910
330251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330251)
unaccepted (subjective synonym, genus is a junior homonym)
Species
Palmyropsis Potts, 1910 accepted as Palmyra Savigny, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 326-327 [details]
page(s): 326-327 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Palmyropsis macintoshi Potts, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330251 on 2026-10-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 326-327 [details]
page(s): 326-327 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Augener, Hermann. (1922). Revision der australischen Polychaeten-Typen von Kinberg. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 14(8): 1-42., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6413310
page(s): 9 [details]
status source Watson Russell, Charlotte. (1989). Revision of <i>Palmyra</i> Savigny (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) and redescription of <i>Palmyra aurifera</i>. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6(1): 35-53., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.262836
page(s): 35, 44; note: examines holotype and confirms synonymy of Palmyropsis macintoshi Potts, 1910 to Palmyra aurifera [details]
page(s): 9 [details]
status source Watson Russell, Charlotte. (1989). Revision of <i>Palmyra</i> Savigny (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) and redescription of <i>Palmyra aurifera</i>. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6(1): 35-53., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.262836
page(s): 35, 44; note: examines holotype and confirms synonymy of Palmyropsis macintoshi Potts, 1910 to Palmyra aurifera [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
