WoRMS name details
Petaloproctus terricolus [auct. misspelling]
330500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330500)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling ('terricola' has been treated as a noun in apposition)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Petaloproctus terricola Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 247-248 [details]
page(s): 247-248 [details]
Note San Sebastian, Gulf of Biscay, Spain
Unreviewed
Type locality San Sebastian, Gulf of Biscay, Spain [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Petaloproctus terricolus [auct. misspelling]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330500 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Petaloproctus terricola Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 247-248 [details]
page(s): 247-248 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
page(s): 41; note: listing with spelling as P. terricolus [details]
taxonomy source Day, J. H. (1955). The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 42(287): 407-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02216.x
page(s): 429; note: Spelling as P. terricolus, but later Day (1967) reverted to 'terricola' [details]
page(s): 41; note: listing with spelling as P. terricolus [details]
taxonomy source Day, J. H. (1955). The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 42(287): 407-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02216.x
page(s): 429; note: Spelling as P. terricolus, but later Day (1967) reverted to 'terricola' [details]
Other
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 
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Petaloproctus terricola is the original spelling. The spelling Petaloproctus terricolus was used by Day (1955: 429) and influentially by Fauchald (1977 pink book: 41) but others continued with P. terricola (qv). It is possible to treat the word as terricolus -a -um as a adjective, depending on context, but the majority of usages regard it as the unchanging noun terricola as in Latin dictionaries meaning 'dweller upon earth'. [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 281-284 [details]Type locality San Sebastian, Gulf of Biscay, Spain [details]
