WoRMS name details

Polydora ancistrata Jones, 1962

338504  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338504)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 185, figs. 55-65 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  AMNH 3607, geounit Port Royal  
Holotype AMNH 3607, geounit Port Royal [details]
Note Port Royal, Jamaica, Caribbean Sea (gazetteer...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Port Royal, Jamaica, Caribbean Sea (gazetteer estimate 17.937°, -76.844°). [details]
Depth range Not stated.  
Depth range Not stated. [details]

Distribution Caribbean Sea: Jamaica (Port Royal).  
Distribution Caribbean Sea: Jamaica (Port Royal). [details]

Etymology The specific epithet ancistrata "refers to the shape of the notopodial falcate setae found in the posterior region of this...  
Etymology The specific epithet ancistrata "refers to the shape of the notopodial falcate setae found in the posterior region of this species" (Jones, 1962: 185). [details]

Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed.  
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora ancistrata Jones, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338504 on 2024-04-24
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2016-01-16 13:55:08Z
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original description Jones, Meredith L. (1962). On some polychaetous annelids from Jamaica, the West Indies. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 124(5): 169-212, plate 52., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1213
page(s): 185, figs. 55-65 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

source of synonymy Blake, J. A. (1971). Revision of the genus <i>Polydora</i> from the east coast of North America (Polychaeta: Spionidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 75: 1-32., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.75
page(s): 15-17, fig. 10 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype AMNH 3607, geounit Port Royal [details]
Paratype AMNH 3608, geounit Port Royal [details]
From editor or global species database
Association Found associated with an unidentified sponge. [details]

Depth range Not stated. [details]

Distribution Caribbean Sea: Jamaica (Port Royal). [details]

Etymology The specific epithet ancistrata "refers to the shape of the notopodial falcate setae found in the posterior region of this species" (Jones, 1962: 185). [details]

Habitat Found associated with an unidentified sponge. [details]

Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]

Type locality Port Royal, Jamaica, Caribbean Sea (gazetteer estimate 17.937°, -76.844°). [details]