WoRMS taxon details
Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847
335340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335340)
accepted
Species
Leodice viridis (Gray in Stair, 1847) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Lysidice palola Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Palolo viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 · unaccepted (misspelling of 'Palola')
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stair, John B. (1847). An account of Palolo, a sea worm eaten in the Navigator Islands, with a description by J.E. Gray. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862801
page(s): 17-18 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 17-18 [no figures] [details]
Type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, Samoa
type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Samoa [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335340 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Stair, John B. (1847). An account of Palolo, a sea worm eaten in the Navigator Islands, with a description by J.E. Gray. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862801
page(s): 17-18 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Lysidice palola Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]
page(s): 17-18 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Lysidice palola Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Fauchald, K. (1992). Review of the types of <i>Palola</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 26: 1177-1225., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222939200770681 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]
additional source Schulze, Anja; Timm, Laura. 2012. Palolo and un: distinct clades in the genus Palola (Eunicidae, Polychaeta). Marine Biodiversity 42(2): 161-171
page(s): 161 [details]
additional source Schulze, Anja; Timm, Laura. 2012. Palolo and un: distinct clades in the genus Palola (Eunicidae, Polychaeta). Marine Biodiversity 42(2): 161-171
page(s): 161 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype LACM, geounit American Samoa [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Samoa [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Leodice viridis (Gray in Stair, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Palolo viridis Gray in Stair, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Palola viridis)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Palolo viridis Gray in Stair, 1847)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Leodice viridis (Gray in Stair, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Palolo viridis Gray in Stair, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Palola viridis)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Palolo viridis Gray in Stair, 1847)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
