WoRMS taxon details
Dipolydora commensalis (Andrews, 1891)
332756 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332756)
accepted
Species
Polydora ciliata brevipalpa Zachs, 1933 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891) Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). A commensal annelid. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 25(289): 25-35, plates I-II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41480532
page(s): 26-35, plate I figs. 1-7, plate II figs.8-14 [details]
page(s): 26-35, plate I figs. 1-7, plate II figs.8-14 [details]
Type locality contained in North Carolina
type locality contained in North Carolina [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Dipolydora commensalis (Andrews, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332756 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891) Andrews, Ethan Allen. (1891). A commensal annelid. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 25(289): 25-35, plates I-II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41480532
page(s): 26-35, plate I figs. 1-7, plate II figs.8-14 [details]
original description (of Polydora ciliata brevipalpa Zachs, 1933) Zachs, I. 1933. [Annelid worm fauna North-Japanese sea (Polychaeta)] K. faune kol´chatykh chervi Severo-Yaponskogo morya (Polychaeta). Gosudarstvennyi Gidrologicheskii Institut, Issledovaniia Morei SSSR., Leningrad. 14: 125-137. [details] Available for editors
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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): 199, fig. 4.31A-D; note: recombined from Polydora [details]
page(s): 26-35, plate I figs. 1-7, plate II figs.8-14 [details]
original description (of Polydora ciliata brevipalpa Zachs, 1933) Zachs, I. 1933. [Annelid worm fauna North-Japanese sea (Polychaeta)] K. faune kol´chatykh chervi Severo-Yaponskogo morya (Polychaeta). Gosudarstvennyi Gidrologicheskii Institut, Issledovaniia Morei SSSR., Leningrad. 14: 125-137. [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): 199, fig. 4.31A-D; note: recombined from Polydora [details]
Other
additional source
Williams, Jason D. and McDermott, John J. 1997. Feeding behavior of Dipolydora commensalis (Polychaeta: Spionidae): particle capture, transport, and selection. Invertebrate Biology, 116(2): 115-123. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipolydora commensalis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (16 records) (from synonym Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipolydora commensalis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (16 records) (from synonym Polydora commensalis Andrews, 1891)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records)
