WoRMS source details
Pettibone, M.H. (1991). Polynoids commensal with gorgonian and stylasterid corals, with a new genus, new combinations and new species (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 104(4): 688-713.
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Pettibone, M.H.
1991
Polynoids commensal with gorgonian and stylasterid corals, with a new genus, new combinations and new species (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae)
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
104(4): 688-713
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
Some commensal polynoids, living in close association with gorgonian and stylasterid corals, are referred to a new genus, Gorgoniapolynoe including Polynoe caeciliae Fauvel, Harmothoe corralophila Day, Polynoe uschakovi Britayev, and five new species (G. bayeri, G. cairnsi, G. galapagensis, G. muzikae, G. pelagica). The polynoids invade the corals, resulting in galls and tunnels for the passage of the worms. The anterior few elytral pairs of the polynoids are modified. An additional bathypelagic polynoid from off Bermuda (North Atlantic Ocean), showing the same type of modified elytra, is also included as a new species in the genus.
Associations, Symbiosis, Commensalism (parasitism see *PAR)
Systematics, Taxonomy
Systematics, Taxonomy
Gorgoniapolynoe Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe bayeri Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe caeciliae (Fauvel, 1913) (additional source)
Gorgoniapolynoe cairnsi Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe corralophila (Day, 1960) (basis of record)
Gorgoniapolynoe galapagensis Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe guadalupensis Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe muzikae Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe pelagica Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe uschakovi (Britaev, 1981) (basis of record)
Harmothoe corralophila Day, 1960 accepted as Gorgoniapolynoe corralophila (Day, 1960) (source of synonymy)
Polynoe uschakovi Britaev, 1981 accepted as Gorgoniapolynoe uschakovi (Britaev, 1981) (source of synonymy)
Gorgoniapolynoe bayeri Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe caeciliae (Fauvel, 1913) (additional source)
Gorgoniapolynoe cairnsi Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe corralophila (Day, 1960) (basis of record)
Gorgoniapolynoe galapagensis Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe guadalupensis Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe muzikae Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe pelagica Pettibone, 1991 (original description)
Gorgoniapolynoe uschakovi (Britaev, 1981) (basis of record)
Harmothoe corralophila Day, 1960 accepted as Gorgoniapolynoe corralophila (Day, 1960) (source of synonymy)
Polynoe uschakovi Britaev, 1981 accepted as Gorgoniapolynoe uschakovi (Britaev, 1981) (source of synonymy)
Etymology
author: Gorgoniapolynoe "is based on the association of polynoid worms with some gorgonian corals" [details]