Deep-Sea taxon details
Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885
174391 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174391)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 76-77, Pl. XII fig. 2, Pl. XX fig. 8, Pl. VIIA figs. 12-13 [details]
page(s): 76-77, Pl. XII fig. 2, Pl. XX fig. 8, Pl. VIIA figs. 12-13 [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1924.7.21.27, geounit South Africa...
, Note Prince Edward Island, S. Indian Ocean,...
Holotype NHMUK 1924.7.21.27, geounit South Africa (country) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Prince Edward Island, S. Indian Ocean, 46°41’S 38°10’E (-46.683333, 38.166667), 567 m [details]
Etymology Polyeunoa laevis is named using the very common masculine/feminine descriptive adjective 'laevis' usually meaning smooth -...
Etymology Polyeunoa laevis is named using the very common masculine/feminine descriptive adjective 'laevis' usually meaning smooth - laevis -is -e. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174391 on 2026-09-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174391 on 2026-09-15
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McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 76-77, Pl. XII fig. 2, Pl. XX fig. 8, Pl. VIIA figs. 12-13 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 134, plate XIV [details] Available for editors
additional source Bergström, Erik. (1916). Die Polynoiden der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 4: 269-304, plates 2-5 follow., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924800#page/561/mode/1up
page(s): 288-291, plate III fig. 7, 1 table [in pages 289-290] [details]
additional source Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 102-103 [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 51-53 [details]
redescription Barnich, R.; Gambi, M. C.; Fiege, D. (2012). Revision of the genus <em>Polyeunoa</em> McIntosh, 1885 (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3523: 25-38., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3523.html
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors
redescription Pettibone, Marian H. (1969). The genera <i>Polyeunoa</i> McIntosh, <i>Hololepidella</i> Willey, and three new genera (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82: 43-62., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595050
page(s): 46-48, fig. 1a-h; note: redescription of syntypes and additional material [details] Available for editors
biology source Bogantes, Viktoria E.; Whelan, Nathan V.; Webster, Katelynn; Mahon, Andrew R.; Halanych, Ken M. (2019). Unrecognized diversity of a scale worm, Polyeunoa laevis (Annelida: Polynoidae), that feeds on soft coral. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> efirst (9 Dec 2019): 1-14., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12400 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 76-77, Pl. XII fig. 2, Pl. XX fig. 8, Pl. VIIA figs. 12-13 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 134, plate XIV [details] Available for editors
additional source Bergström, Erik. (1916). Die Polynoiden der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 4: 269-304, plates 2-5 follow., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924800#page/561/mode/1up
page(s): 288-291, plate III fig. 7, 1 table [in pages 289-290] [details]
additional source Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 102-103 [details]
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 51-53 [details]
redescription Barnich, R.; Gambi, M. C.; Fiege, D. (2012). Revision of the genus <em>Polyeunoa</em> McIntosh, 1885 (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3523: 25-38., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3523.html
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors
redescription Pettibone, Marian H. (1969). The genera <i>Polyeunoa</i> McIntosh, <i>Hololepidella</i> Willey, and three new genera (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82: 43-62., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595050
page(s): 46-48, fig. 1a-h; note: redescription of syntypes and additional material [details] Available for editors
biology source Bogantes, Viktoria E.; Whelan, Nathan V.; Webster, Katelynn; Mahon, Andrew R.; Halanych, Ken M. (2019). Unrecognized diversity of a scale worm, Polyeunoa laevis (Annelida: Polynoidae), that feeds on soft coral. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> efirst (9 Dec 2019): 1-14., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12400 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1924.7.21.27, geounit South Africa (country) [details]
Syntype BMNH 1885.12.1.55, geounit Prince Edward Islands part of the Indian Ocean [details]
Syntype SMNH 38974, geounit South Africa (country) [details]
Syntype SMNH 4834, geounit South Africa (country) [details]
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Etymology Polyeunoa laevis is named using the very common masculine/feminine descriptive adjective 'laevis' usually meaning smooth - laevis -is -e. [details]Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]
Type locality Prince Edward Island, S. Indian Ocean, 46°41’S 38°10’E (-46.683333, 38.166667), 567 m [details]
To Barcode of Life (239 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyeunoa laevis)
To GenBank (134 nucleotides; 119 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885; holotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3536194)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyeunoa laevis (1) 74439)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyeunoa laevis 74439)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (135 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyeunoa laevis)
To GenBank (134 nucleotides; 119 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NHMUK collection (Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885; holotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3536194)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyeunoa laevis (1) 74439)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Polyeunoa laevis 74439)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (135 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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