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CaRMS taxon detailsPolydora Bosc, 1802
 129619 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129619)
accepted
Genus
Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (type by monotypy)
marine,
recent only
feminine
Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 150-151 [details] 
Etymology The genus is named after Polydora, one of the Oceanides of the Ancient Greek mythology, minor goddesses and water nymphs of...
Etymology The genus is named after Polydora, one of the Oceanides of the Ancient Greek mythology, minor goddesses and water nymphs of rivers, fountains, subterranean springs, wells, lakes, clouds, winds, breezes, sunsets and sunrises, and daughters of the gods Oceanus and his wife Tethys. According to Bosc (1802: 151) ''Il [Bosc himself] l'a appelé [the genus] Polydore, nom d'une nymphe de la mer de la suite de Nérée.'' Bosc was mistaken as references place the mythological Polydora as an Oceanid (the multiple daughers of Oceanus), & not one of the Nereid nymphs (the multiple daughters of Nereus), but nevertheless the Polydora name derives from a mythological lady in Greek culture. [details] Homonymy Polydora Bosc, 1802 is unaffected by its junior homonyms. Polydora Fenzl, 1844 of southern Africa is a junior hemihomonym,...
Homonymy Polydora Bosc, 1802 is unaffected by its junior homonyms. Polydora Fenzl, 1844 of southern Africa is a junior hemihomonym, in Plantae, Vernonieae (Asteraceae), and in Animalia Polydora Oken 1816 (Hirudinea) and Polydora Gistl 1834 (Coleoptera) are also junior names. Polydora Oken is a rejected name for nomenclature, replaced by the junior synonym Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora Bosc, 1802. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129619 on 2024-04-18
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Polydora Bosc, 1802. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129619 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 150-151 [details] basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] additional source Walker, Lexie M. (2011). A review of the current status of the Polydora-complex (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Australia and a checklist of recorded species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2751: 40-62., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02751p062f.pdf [details] Available for editors additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] identification resource Williams, Lee-Gavin; Karl, Stephen A.; Rice, Stanley; Simon, Carol. (2017). Molecular identification of polydorid polychaetes (Annelida: Spionidae): is there a quick way to identify pest and alien species?. <em>African Zoology.</em> 52(2): 105-117., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2017.1313131 note: analysis of primers and molecular sequences for identifying similar pest Polydora and other genera [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Bosc (1802: 150): "Corps alongé, articulé, à anneaux nombreux, garnis de chaque côté d'une rangée de houppes de soie, et de mamelons rétractiles, qui portent les branchies à leur base postérieure. Queue articulée, nue, terminée par une ventouse prenante. Un trou simple, entre deux membranes, pour bouche." [details]Diagnosis Diagnosis by Blake & Maciolek (1987: 12): "Prostomium entire or incised on anterior margin, extending posteriorly as caruncle; occipital tentacle present or absent; eyes present or absent. Setiger 1 with or without notosetae. Setiger 5 modified, with major spines of 1 type, usually accompanied by slender companion setae; spines arranged in a curved row; dorsal and ventral capillaries present or absent. Posterior notopodial spines present or absent. Neuropodial hooded hooks bidentate, from setiger 6-17 and following setigers; with conspicuous angle between teeth, apical tooth reduced or lost in posterior setigers of some species; with or without constriction or manubrium on shaft. Branchiae beginning posterior to setiger 5. Pygidium reduced or enlarged, cufflike, saucerlike, or divided into lobes." [details] Etymology The genus is named after Polydora, one of the Oceanides of the Ancient Greek mythology, minor goddesses and water nymphs of rivers, fountains, subterranean springs, wells, lakes, clouds, winds, breezes, sunsets and sunrises, and daughters of the gods Oceanus and his wife Tethys. According to Bosc (1802: 151) ''Il [Bosc himself] l'a appelé [the genus] Polydore, nom d'une nymphe de la mer de la suite de Nérée.'' Bosc was mistaken as references place the mythological Polydora as an Oceanid (the multiple daughers of Oceanus), & not one of the Nereid nymphs (the multiple daughters of Nereus), but nevertheless the Polydora name derives from a mythological lady in Greek culture. [details] Grammatical gender Feminine. Bosc named Polydora for a water nymph of Greek mythology. [details] Homonymy Polydora Bosc, 1802 is unaffected by its junior homonyms. Polydora Fenzl, 1844 of southern Africa is a junior hemihomonym, in Plantae, Vernonieae (Asteraceae), and in Animalia Polydora Oken 1816 (Hirudinea) and Polydora Gistl 1834 (Coleoptera) are also junior names. Polydora Oken is a rejected name for nomenclature, replaced by the junior synonym Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852 [details] Synonymy The planktonic larva, Metadasydytes quadrimaculatus Roszczak, 1971, a genus and species described as a gastrotrich, is clearly a spionid larva. Hummon (2008: 115) refers it to Polydora ciliata, but notes the identification to that species is not certain. [details] |