WoRMS name details
Pherecardia polylamellata Silva, 1960
330523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330523)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
de Silva, P H D H. (1961). Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 29(2): 164-194.
page(s): 170-171, fig. 4A-C [details] Available for editors
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Note Indian Ocean, Gulf of Mannar
Type locality Indian Ocean, Gulf of Mannar [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pherecardia polylamellata Silva, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330523 on 2026-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
de Silva, P H D H. (1961). Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 29(2): 164-194.
page(s): 170-171, fig. 4A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 170-171, fig. 4A-C [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; Piotrowski, Christina N.; Harris, Leslie; Paulay, Gustav. (2025). Revision of Pherecardia Horst, 1886 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 47 (28): 691-720., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/47/28
page(s): 705; note: synonymy to Pherecardia distincta based on examination of a Paratype of Pherecardia polylamellata de Silva, 1961. Sri Lanka, Gulf of Manaar • 1 specimen; ; Ceylon Pearl Banks; no further data; NHML ...
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page(s): 705; note: synonymy to Pherecardia distincta based on examination of a Paratype of Pherecardia polylamellata de Silva, 1961. Sri Lanka, Gulf of Manaar • 1 specimen; ; Ceylon Pearl Banks; no further data; NHML ...
synonymy to Pherecardia distincta based on examination of a Paratype of Pherecardia polylamellata de Silva, 1961. Sri Lanka, Gulf of Manaar • 1 specimen; ; Ceylon Pearl Banks; no further data; NHML 1962.14.1
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, Gulf of Mannar [details]
