WoRMS name details
Polydora tridenticulata Woodwick, 1964
330955 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330955)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Woodwick, Keith H. (1964). <i>Polydora</i> and related genera (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Eniwetok, Majuro, and Bikini Atolls, Marshall Islands. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 18(2): 146-159., available online at http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/5508
page(s): 153-155, fig. 4 (1-5) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 153-155, fig. 4 (1-5) [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 32612, geounit Enewetak Atoll
, Type locality contained in Eniwetok Atoll , Note Lagoon side of Rigili Island, Enewatak (=...
Holotype USNM 32612, geounit Enewetak Atoll [details]
type locality contained in Eniwetok Atoll [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Lagoon side of Rigili Island, Enewatak (= Eniwetok) Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 11.457°, 162.091°). [details]
Depth range Not stated, probably shallow water.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands).
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet tridenticulata is a New Latin adjective, composed by the Latin...
Depth range Not stated, probably shallow water. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet tridenticulata is a New Latin adjective, composed by the Latin...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet tridenticulata is a New Latin adjective, composed by the Latin prefix tri-, ('three'), and the Latin adjective denticulata ('denticulate' or 'having teeth'), meaning 'having three teeth', and refers presumably to the large spines of the modified 5th segment, which have a heavy main falcate stalk with two lateral teeth placed on opposite sides of the stalk. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora tridenticulata Woodwick, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330955 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Woodwick, Keith H. (1964). <i>Polydora</i> and related genera (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Eniwetok, Majuro, and Bikini Atolls, Marshall Islands. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 18(2): 146-159., available online at http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/5508
page(s): 153-155, fig. 4 (1-5) [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 186 [details]
page(s): 153-155, fig. 4 (1-5) [details] Available for editors
[request] new combination reference Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Spionidae Grube, 1850. pages 81-223. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
page(s): 186 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 32612, geounit Enewetak Atoll [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, probably shallow water. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet tridenticulata is a New Latin adjective, composed by the Latin prefix tri-, ('three'), and the Latin adjective denticulata ('denticulate' or 'having teeth'), meaning 'having three teeth', and refers presumably to the large spines of the modified 5th segment, which have a heavy main falcate stalk with two lateral teeth placed on opposite sides of the stalk. [details]
Habitat In coral rocks, probably at shallow water. According to Woodwick (1964: 155) "by setal structure is likely a boring species". [details]
Type locality Lagoon side of Rigili Island, Enewatak (= Eniwetok) Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 11.457°, 162.091°). [details]
