Paranaitis speciosa
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Paranaitis speciosa (Webster, 1879)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Paranaitis speciosa (Webster, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157522 on 2026-08-02
created: 2005-05-23T09:30:30Z
modified: 2008-03-26T12:36:43Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Paranaitis speciosa (Webster, 1879)
class: Polychaeta
family: Phyllodocidae
genus: Paranaitis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Verrill, A.E. (1885). Notice of recent additions to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part V. Annelida, Echinodermata, Hydroida, Tunicata. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 8(27-28): 424-448.
name published in: Webster, Henry E. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of New Jersey. Annual Report of the New York State Museum of Natural History. 32: 101-128.
name published in year: 1885
name published in year: 1879
order: Phyllodocida
parent name usage ID: 129453
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: (Webster, 1879)
specific epithet: speciosa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted