original description
Mark, E. L. (1892). Polychoerus caudatus, nov. gen. et nov. spec. In: Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstage Rudolf Leuckarts. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, pp 298-310
page(s): 298-309., pl 31, fig 1-22 [details] 
basis of record
Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat coastal, also on algae [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed