African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Palola Gray in Stair, 1847

AphiaID

129283 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129283)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847

Parent

Eunicidae Berthold, 1827

Synonymised names

Eunice (Palola) · unaccepted

Lithognatha Stewart, 1881 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Palolo · unaccepted (misspelled)

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Species Palola accrescens (Hoagland, 1920)
Species Palola brasiliensis Zanol, Paiva & Attolini, 2000
Species Palola ebranchiata (Quatrefages, 1866)
Species Palola edentulum (Ehlers, 1901)
Species Palola esbelta Morgado & Amaral, 1981
Species Palola leucodon (Ehlers, 1901)
Species Palola madeirensis (Baird, 1869)
Species Palola pallidus Hartman, 1938
Species Palola paloloides (Moore, 1909)
Species Palola siciliensis (Grube, 1840)
Species Palola simplex (Peters, 1854)
Species Palola valida (Gravier, 1900)
Species Palola vernalis (Treadwell, 1922)
Species Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847
Species Palola bitorquata (Grube, 1870) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Palola dubia (Woodworth, 1907) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Palola gallapagensis (Kinberg, 1865) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Palola longicirrata (Kinberg, 1865) (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Stair, J. B. 1847. An account of Palolo, a sea-worm eaten in the Navigator Islands, with a description by J.E. Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 17-18. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Palola Gray in Stair, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129283 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2012-04-12 16:44:24Z

changed

Zanol, Joana

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Stair, J. B. 1847. An account of Palolo, a sea-worm eaten in the Navigator Islands, with a description by J.E. Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 17-18. [details]

original description (of Lithognatha Stewart, 1881) Stewart, Charles 1881. On a supposed new boring annelid. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 1: 717-719,plate9. [details]

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]