WoRMS taxon details
Polydora cavitensis Pillai, 1965
330912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330912)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pillai, T.G. (1965). Annelida Polychaeta from the Philippines and Indonesia. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 5(2): 110-177., available online at http://dl.nsf.ac.lk/handle/1/7733
page(s): 152-154, fig. 16E-F, fig. 17A-G [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 152-154, fig. 16E-F, fig. 17A-G [details] Available for editors
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Holotype RTS. 22, geounit Manila Bay
, Note Government Oyster Farm, Binakayan, Cavite,...
Holotype RTS. 22, geounit Manila Bay [details]
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Type locality Government Oyster Farm, Binakayan, Cavite, Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines (gazetteer estimate 14.456, 120.914), among oysters. [details]
Type material Type material with collection number RTS. 22, and including the holotype (referred as ''lectotype'') and 4 paratypes, stated by Pillai (1965: 154) to be deposited in the ''Department of Zoology, University of Ceylon, Paradeniya, Ceylon'', nowadays Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Paradeniya, Sri Lanka. [details]
Depth range Subtidal.
Distribution Philippines: Manila Bay (Luzon Island).
Etymology The specific epithet cavitensis refers to the type locality of the species, Cavite (Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines).
Depth range Subtidal. [details]
Distribution Philippines: Manila Bay (Luzon Island).
Distribution Philippines: Manila Bay (Luzon Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet cavitensis refers to the type locality of the species, Cavite (Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines).
Etymology The specific epithet cavitensis refers to the type locality of the species, Cavite (Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora cavitensis Pillai, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330912 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Pillai, T.G. (1965). Annelida Polychaeta from the Philippines and Indonesia. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 5(2): 110-177., available online at http://dl.nsf.ac.lk/handle/1/7733
page(s): 152-154, fig. 16E-F, fig. 17A-G [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Williams, J.D. (2007). New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera <i>Dispio</i>, <i>Malacoceros</i>, <i>Polydora</i>, and <i>Scolelepis</i>, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1459: 1-35., available online at https://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/Publications/Williams2007%20copy.pdf
page(s): 4-7, figs. 2-3 [details]
page(s): 152-154, fig. 16E-F, fig. 17A-G [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription Williams, J.D. (2007). New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera <i>Dispio</i>, <i>Malacoceros</i>, <i>Polydora</i>, and <i>Scolelepis</i>, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1459: 1-35., available online at https://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/Publications/Williams2007%20copy.pdf
page(s): 4-7, figs. 2-3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype RTS. 22, geounit Manila Bay [details]
Nontype USNM 1096802, geounit Manila Bay [details]
Nontype USNM 1096803, geounit Manila Bay [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1965.33.30-33, geounit Manila Bay [details]
Paratype RTS. 22, geounit Manila Bay [details]
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Depth range Subtidal. [details]Distribution Philippines: Manila Bay (Luzon Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet cavitensis refers to the type locality of the species, Cavite (Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines). [details]
Habitat Mud tubes among live oysters, and green mussels Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758), at subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Government Oyster Farm, Binakayan, Cavite, Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines (gazetteer estimate 14.456, 120.914), among oysters. [details]
Type material Type material with collection number RTS. 22, and including the holotype (referred as ''lectotype'') and 4 paratypes, stated by Pillai (1965: 154) to be deposited in the ''Department of Zoology, University of Ceylon, Paradeniya, Ceylon'', nowadays Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Paradeniya, Sri Lanka. [details]
