WoRMS taxon details
Pisionidens indica (Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940)
334536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334536)
accepted
Species
Fauveliella pulchra Tebble, 1953 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pisionella indica Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pisionella indica Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940) Aiyar, R. Gopala; Alikunhi, K.H. (1940). On a new pisionid from the sandy beach, Madras. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 42(1): 89-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v42/i1/1940/162453
page(s): 89-105, 106, figs. 1-9 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 89-105, 106, figs. 1-9 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Madras
type locality contained in Madras [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pisionidens indica (Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334536 on 2026-08-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fauveliella pulchra Tebble, 1953) Tebble, Norman. (1953). On a new and aberrant marine annelid from Natal, South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 12. 6(72): 938-944, plate XXIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935308654511
page(s): 938-944, figs. 1-6, plate XXIII figs. a-b [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pisionella indica Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940) Aiyar, R. Gopala; Alikunhi, K.H. (1940). On a new pisionid from the sandy beach, Madras. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 42(1): 89-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v42/i1/1940/162453
page(s): 89-105, 106, figs. 1-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Aiyar, R. Gopala; Alikunhi, K.H. (1943). Change of the generic name <i>Pisionella</i> Aiyar and Alikunhi, 1940, into <i>Pisionidens</i> (Polychaeta). <em>Current Science, Bangalore.</em> 12(4): 120., available online at https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/12/04/0120.pdf
page(s): 120; note: recombined from Pisionella Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940 (not Pisionella Hartman, 1939) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 938-944, figs. 1-6, plate XXIII figs. a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pisionella indica Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940) Aiyar, R. Gopala; Alikunhi, K.H. (1940). On a new pisionid from the sandy beach, Madras. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 42(1): 89-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v42/i1/1940/162453
page(s): 89-105, 106, figs. 1-9 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Aiyar, R. Gopala; Alikunhi, K.H. (1943). Change of the generic name <i>Pisionella</i> Aiyar and Alikunhi, 1940, into <i>Pisionidens</i> (Polychaeta). <em>Current Science, Bangalore.</em> 12(4): 120., available online at https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/12/04/0120.pdf
page(s): 120; note: recombined from Pisionella Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940 (not Pisionella Hartman, 1939) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Aguado, María Teresa; San Martín, Guillermo. (2004). Pisionidae (Polychaeta) from Coiba National Park with the description of a new species and two new reports of <i>Pisione</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 84(1): 73-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404008938h
page(s): 78-79; note: new record, Coiba Island, Panamanian Pacific [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Siewing, Rolf. (1954). Zur Verbreitung von <i>Pisionidens indica</i> Aiyar und Alikunhi. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 10(1): 81-83, plate 23., available online at https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/55254/1/Siewing%2CR_Bd.10_1954.pdf
page(s): 81-83, plate 23 figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
page(s): 78-79; note: new record, Coiba Island, Panamanian Pacific [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Siewing, Rolf. (1954). Zur Verbreitung von <i>Pisionidens indica</i> Aiyar und Alikunhi. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 10(1): 81-83, plate 23., available online at https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/55254/1/Siewing%2CR_Bd.10_1954.pdf
page(s): 81-83, plate 23 figs. 1-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pisionidens indica)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pisionella indica Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pisionidens indica)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pisionella indica Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
