WoRMS taxon details
Palmyra Savigny, 1818
155094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155094)
accepted
Genus
Palmyra aurifera Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (type by monotypy)
Palmyropsis Potts, 1910 · unaccepted (junior homonym, subjective synonym)
- Species Palmyra aurifera Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
- Subgenus Palmyra (Palmyrides) accepted as Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864 (subjective synonymy of only species)
- Species Palmyra (Palmyrides) portus-veneris Claparède, 1864 accepted as Chrysopetalum debile (Grube, 1855) (subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Palmyra (Palmyropsis) Claparède, 1864 accepted as Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864 (subjective synonymy of only species)
- Species Palmyra (Palmyropsis) evelinae Claparède, 1864 accepted as Chrysopetalum debile (Grube, 1855) (subjective synonym)
- Species Palmyra debilis Grube, 1855 accepted as Chrysopetalum debile (Grube, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Palmyra elongata Grube, 1856 accepted as Chrysopetalum elongatum (Grube, 1856) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Species Palmyra fragilis Grube in Augener, 1925 accepted as Chrysopetalum elongatum (Grube, 1856) (subjective synonym)
- Species Palmyra obscura Müller, 1858 accepted as Bhawania obscura (Grube, 1868) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, undescribed, name only)
- Species Palmyra ocellata Johnston, 1827 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780) (subjective synonym)
- Species Palmyra splendens Potts, 1910 accepted as Palmyra aurifera Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 20 [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
Taxonomy Palmyra is currently monotypic, containing only P. aurifera, other species originally placed in the genus having been moved...
Taxonomy Palmyra is currently monotypic, containing only P. aurifera, other species originally placed in the genus having been moved to Chrysopetalidae and Pholoidae, and the Palmyra subgenera Palmyrides and Palmyropsis of Claparède, 1864 thus placed as junior synonyms of Chrysopetalum. Palmyropsis of Potts (1910) is a junior homonym of Palmyropsis Claparède, 1864, and its species P. macintoshi is a subjective synonym of Palmyra aurifera. The family Palmyridae is no longer recognised. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Palmyra Savigny, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155094 on 2026-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Palmyropsis Potts, 1910) Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 326; note: monotypic for n.sp. P macintoshi [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Palmyropsis Potts, 1910) Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 326; note: monotypic for n.sp. P macintoshi [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Watson Russell, Charlotte. (1989). Revision of <i>Palmyra</i> Savigny (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae) and redescription of <i>Palmyra aurifera</i>. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 6(1): 35-53., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.262836
page(s): 40-44 [details]
page(s): 40-44 [details]
Other
additional source
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Palmyra is currently monotypic, containing only P. aurifera, other species originally placed in the genus having been moved to Chrysopetalidae and Pholoidae, and the Palmyra subgenera Palmyrides and Palmyropsis of Claparède, 1864 thus placed as junior synonyms of Chrysopetalum. Palmyropsis of Potts (1910) is a junior homonym of Palmyropsis Claparède, 1864, and its species P. macintoshi is a subjective synonym of Palmyra aurifera. The family Palmyridae is no longer recognised. [details]
