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Polychaeta name detailsPolydora ancistrata Jones, 1962
338504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338504)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine,
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): 185-187, figs. 55-65 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype AMNH 3607, geounit Port Royal
Holotype AMNH 3607, geounit Port Royal [details] 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.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora ancistrata Jones, 1962. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338504 on 2025-09-17
Date action by
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): 185-187, figs. 55-65 [details] Available for editors [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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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] |