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WoRMS taxon detailsPolycirrus twisti Potts, 1928
330896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330896)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Potts, Frank A. 1928. Zoological Results of the Cambridge expedition to the Suez Canal. Report on the annelids (sedentary polychaetes). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 22(5): 693-705.
page(s): 698-700, fig. 212 [details]
Note Mediterranean Sea/Red Sea, Suez Canal
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Type locality Mediterranean Sea/Red Sea, Suez Canal [details]
Etymology "Named for Mr. D. N. Twist, Gonville and Caius College, member of the Expedition [the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez...
Etymology "Named for Mr. D. N. Twist, Gonville and Caius College, member of the Expedition [the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez canal, 1924]" (Potts, 1928: 698). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus twisti Potts, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330896 on 2025-05-21
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Potts, Frank A. 1928. Zoological Results of the Cambridge expedition to the Suez Canal. Report on the annelids (sedentary polychaetes). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 22(5): 693-705. page(s): 698-700, fig. 212 [details] Otheradditional source
Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
 additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1 [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology "Named for Mr. D. N. Twist, Gonville and Caius College, member of the Expedition [the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez canal, 1924]" (Potts, 1928: 698). [details]Type locality Mediterranean Sea/Red Sea, Suez Canal [details] From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Common [details]Introduced species population trend in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Increasing [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals Suez Canal [details] |
