original description
Fauvel, Pierre. (1913). Quatrième note préliminaire sur les polychètes provenant des campagnes de l'<i>Hirondelle</i> et de la <i>Princesse-Alice</i>, ou déposées dans le Musée Océanographique de Monaco. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 270: 1-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46001399
page(s): 24-25, text figures 7a-d; note: station 1193, Cape Verde Islands, 1311 metres, and station 2743, Atlantic, 1241 metres, on the coral Pleurocorallium johnstoni [details]
taxonomy source
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Polynoe caeciliae Fauvel (Polynoidae), ein mit Korallen assoziierter Polychaet. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82:31-35.
page(s): 31, figures 1-11; note: records of numerous specimens from Gulf of Gascony off Portugal, Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands and Madeira [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source
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]
new combination reference
Pettibone, M.H. (1991). Polynoid polychaetes commensal with antipatharian corals. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 104(4): 714-726., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34809416 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology There is no indication as to why Fauvel chose the name 'caeciliae. A caecilian is an almost blind burrowing lizard without legs, but Polynoe caeciliae has large eyes, and normal parapodia. [details]
Status recombined by Pettibone (1991) [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]