WoRMS name details
Drieschia Michaelsen, 1892
324942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324942)
taxon inquirendum (See note for the type species, Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892, based on a larval form )
Genus
Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892 (type by original designation)
Plotolepis Chamberlin, 1919 (subjective synonym)
Species Drieschia elegans Seidler, 1924
Species Drieschia melanostoma Ditlevsen, 1917
Species Drieschia nans (Chamberlin, 1919)
Species Drieschia pellucida Moore, 1903
Species Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892 (taxon inquirendum, based on larval form)
Species Drieschia atlantica Treadwell, 1936 accepted as Drieschia pellucida Moore, 1903 (subjective synonym)
Species Drieschia caroli (Fauvel, 1914) accepted as Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892 (superseded recombination)
Species Drieschia melanostoma Ditlevsen, 1917
Species Drieschia nans (Chamberlin, 1919)
Species Drieschia pellucida Moore, 1903
Species Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892 (taxon inquirendum, based on larval form)
Species Drieschia atlantica Treadwell, 1936 accepted as Drieschia pellucida Moore, 1903 (subjective synonym)
Species Drieschia caroli (Fauvel, 1914) accepted as Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892 (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Michaelsen, Wilhelm. (1892). Polychaeten von Ceylon. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 9(2): 91-113, 1 plate., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781423
page(s): 96 [details]
page(s): 96 [details]

Status Uncertain identity as the type species, Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892, is supposedly based on a larval form.
Status Uncertain identity as the type species, Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892, is supposedly based on a larval form. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Drieschia Michaelsen, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324942 on 2021-01-28
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original description
Michaelsen, Wilhelm. (1892). Polychaeten von Ceylon. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 9(2): 91-113, 1 plate., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781423
page(s): 96 [details]
original description (of Plotolepis Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv [details]
page(s): 96 [details]

original description (of Plotolepis Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Uncertain identity as the type species, Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892, is supposedly based on a larval form. [details]