WoRMS name details
Polynoe pulchra Johnson, 1897
339025 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339025)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 177-179, plate VII figs. 34, 43, 43a, plate VIII figs. 50, 50a, 50b; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
page(s): 177-179, plate VII figs. 34, 43, 43a, plate VIII figs. 50, 50a, 50b; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Pacific Grove, California
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Pacific Grove, California [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polynoe pulchra Johnson, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339025 on 2025-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 177-179, plate VII figs. 34, 43, 43a, plate VIII figs. 50, 50a, 50b; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
page(s): 177-179, plate VII figs. 34, 43, 43a, plate VIII figs. 50, 50a, 50b; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
