WoRMS taxon details
Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802
131143 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131143)
accepted
Species
Polydora amarincola Hartman, 1936 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polydora ligni Webster, 1879 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polydora littorea Verrill, 1881 · unaccepted (subjective synonym, first...)
subjective synonym, first published as a nomen nudum
Spio caudatus Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (superfluous replacement name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 151-153, plate 5 figs. 7-8 [details]
page(s): 151-153, plate 5 figs. 7-8 [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, South Carolina
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, South Carolina [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131143 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 151-153, plate 5 figs. 7-8 [details]
original description (of Polydora ligni Webster, 1879) Webster, Henry E. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of New Jersey. <em>Annual Report of the New York State Museum of Natural History.</em> 32: 101-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35614233
page(s): 119, plate V figs. 45-47 [details]
original description (of Spio caudatus Lamarck, 1818) 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): 319; note: unnecessary replacement name for Polydora cornuta [details]
original description (of Polydora amarincola Hartman, 1936) Hartman, Olga. (1936). New species of Spionidae (Annelida Polychaeta) from the coast of California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 41(6): 45-52.
page(s): 49, figs. 6-10 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Polydora littorea Verrill, 1881) Verrill, A.E. 1881. Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part 2. Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc. collected by the United States Fish Commission. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 22: 356-405., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/12375
page(s): 301; note: listing only, thus nomen nudum [details]
page(s): 151-153, plate 5 figs. 7-8 [details]
original description (of Polydora ligni Webster, 1879) Webster, Henry E. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of New Jersey. <em>Annual Report of the New York State Museum of Natural History.</em> 32: 101-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35614233
page(s): 119, plate V figs. 45-47 [details]
original description (of Spio caudatus Lamarck, 1818) 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): 319; note: unnecessary replacement name for Polydora cornuta [details]
original description (of Polydora amarincola Hartman, 1936) Hartman, Olga. (1936). New species of Spionidae (Annelida Polychaeta) from the coast of California. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 41(6): 45-52.
page(s): 49, figs. 6-10 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Polydora littorea Verrill, 1881) Verrill, A.E. 1881. Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part 2. Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc. collected by the United States Fish Commission. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 22: 356-405., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/12375
page(s): 301; note: listing only, thus nomen nudum [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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 [details]
redescription Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (1987). A redescription of <i>Polydora cornuta</i> Bosc (Polychaeta: Spionidae) and designation of a neotype. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 11-15.
page(s): 12, fig. 1A-F; note: neotype designated from Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, USA [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Çinar, M. E.; Ergen, Z.; Dagli, E.; Petersen, M. E. (2005). Alien species of spionid polychaetes (Streblospio gynobranchiata and Polydora cornuta) in Izmir Bay, eastern Mediterranean. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 85(4), 821-827., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315405011768 [details]
redescription Radashevsky, Vasily I. 2005. On adult and larval morphology of Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (Annelida: Spionidae). Zootaxa, 1064:1-24 [details]
redescription Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (1987). A redescription of <i>Polydora cornuta</i> Bosc (Polychaeta: Spionidae) and designation of a neotype. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 11-15.
page(s): 12, fig. 1A-F; note: neotype designated from Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, USA [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Çinar, M. E.; Ergen, Z.; Dagli, E.; Petersen, M. E. (2005). Alien species of spionid polychaetes (Streblospio gynobranchiata and Polydora cornuta) in Izmir Bay, eastern Mediterranean. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 85(4), 821-827., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315405011768 [details]
redescription Radashevsky, Vasily I. 2005. On adult and larval morphology of Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (Annelida: Spionidae). Zootaxa, 1064:1-24 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [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 [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Rice, Stanley A.; Rice, Katherine A. 2009. Variable modes of larval development in the Polydora cornuta complex (Polychaeta: Spionidae) are directly related to stored sperm availability. Zoosymposia 2: 397-414, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zoosymposia/content/2009/v2/f/v002p397-414.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[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
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Rice, Stanley A.; Rice, Katherine A. 2009. Variable modes of larval development in the Polydora cornuta complex (Polychaeta: Spionidae) are directly related to stored sperm availability. Zoosymposia 2: 397-414, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zoosymposia/content/2009/v2/f/v002p397-414.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Polydora amarincola Hartman, 1936) USNM 20214, geounit California [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Turkish part of the Sea of Marmara (Marine Region) : Common [details]Introduced species abundance in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Rare [details]
Introduced species impact in Turkish part of the Sea of Marmara (Marine Region) : Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]
Introduced species impact in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species population trend in Turkish part of the Sea of Marmara (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]
Introduced species population trend in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Stable [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Sea of Marmara (Marine Region) : Dardanelles Strait [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Aquaculture: accidental [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Ukraine (Nation) : Shipping [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, South Carolina [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whip mudworm [from synonym]polydora mud worm [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Holzbohrender Polydora-Wurm [from synonym]Holzbohrender Polydorawurm [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polydora littorea Verrill, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Polydora ligni Webster, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydora cornuta)
To GenBank (73 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polydora ligni Webster, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Polydora amarincola Hartman, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (35 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (62 records) (from synonym Polydora ligni Webster, 1879)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 081305)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polydora littorea Verrill, 1881)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Polydora ligni Webster, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polydora cornuta)
To GenBank (73 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polydora ligni Webster, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Polydora amarincola Hartman, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (35 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (62 records) (from synonym Polydora ligni Webster, 1879)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 081305)
To ITIS
