WoRMS name details
Polydora agassizii Claparède, 1868
338502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338502)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, R.-É. (1868). Les annelides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. pp. 499 plus 31 plates, Ramboz et Schuchardt, Genève., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48090491
page(s): 314, plate 22, figure 1 [details]
page(s): 314, plate 22, figure 1 [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora agassizii Claparède, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338502 on 2026-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Claparède, R.-É. (1868). Les annelides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. pp. 499 plus 31 plates, Ramboz et Schuchardt, Genève., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48090491
page(s): 314, plate 22, figure 1 [details]
page(s): 314, plate 22, figure 1 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Mesnil, F. (1896). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. I. Les Spionidiens des côtes de la Manche. <em>Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 29: 110-287, plates VII-XV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10726590 [details] 
Other
additional source
Claparède, Édouard. (1869). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Ordre II<sup>me</sup>. Annélides Sédentaires (Aud. et Edw.). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(1): 1-225, plates XVII-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14264110 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling The treatment of a double i suffix in a species-group name is set out in Code articles 31.1, 32.5.1, and 33.4.Since Claparède uses the agassizii spelling, as did most of his contemporaries, it can be assumed that he first Latinized the name “Agassiz” to Latin Agassizius, the stem then becoming Agassizi, and he added the genitive i to form agassizii, and so the spelling “agassizii” is therefore a correct original spelling, which must be retained. As a basic principle original spellings should not be altered unless there is an obvious lapsus within the article. Claparède's use of 'agassizii' was intentional and we should not alter it.
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Specimen types not retained [details]Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Type locality Mediterranean sea, Gulf of Naples [details]
