WoRMS name details
Halosydna willeyi Potts, 1910
339674 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339674)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 340-341, plate 21 figs. 44-45; note: the species is only tentatively attributed to the genus Halosydna by Potts, as 'Halosydna (?)' [details]
page(s): 340-341, plate 21 figs. 44-45; note: the species is only tentatively attributed to the genus Halosydna by Potts, as 'Halosydna (?)' [details]
Note Indian Ocean, Amirantes
From editor or global species database
Type locality Indian Ocean, Amirantes [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Halosydna willeyi Potts, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339674 on 2026-07-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 340-341, plate 21 figs. 44-45; note: the species is only tentatively attributed to the genus Halosydna by Potts, as 'Halosydna (?)' [details]
page(s): 340-341, plate 21 figs. 44-45; note: the species is only tentatively attributed to the genus Halosydna by Potts, as 'Halosydna (?)' [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian Hope. (1969). Review of some species referred to <i>Scalisetosus</i> McIntosh (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82: 1-30., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3412 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
