MSBIAS taxon details
Pholoe Johnston, 1839
129439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129439)
accepted
Genus
Pholoe inornata Johnston, 1839 (type by monotypy)
- Species Pholoe anoculata Hartman, 1965
- Species Pholoe assimilis Örsted, 1845
- Species Pholoe baltica Örsted, 1843
- Species Pholoe inornata Johnston, 1839
- Species Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780)
- Species Pholoe pallida Chambers, 1985
- Species Pholoe synophthalmica Claparède, 1868 accepted as Pholoe inornata Johnston, 1839 (junior synonym)
- Species Pholoe tuberculata Southern, 1914 accepted as Pholoe baltica Örsted, 1843 (probable junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, George. (1839). Miscellanea Zoologica. VI. The British Aphroditaceæ. <em>Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany, and Geology.</em> 2(12): 424-441, plates XXI-XXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278050
page(s): 437; note: for Pholoe inornata new species [details]
page(s): 437; note: for Pholoe inornata new species [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pholoe Johnston, 1839. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129439 on 2026-05-12
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Pholoe Johnston, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129439 on 2026-05-12
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original description
Johnston, George. (1839). Miscellanea Zoologica. VI. The British Aphroditaceæ. <em>Annals of Natural History; or, Magazine of Zoology, Botany, and Geology.</em> 2(12): 424-441, plates XXI-XXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278050
page(s): 437; note: for Pholoe inornata new species [details]
additional 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 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
identification resource Meißner, Karin; Götting, Miriam; Nygren, Arne. (2020). Do we know who they are? On the identity of Pholoe (Annelida: Sigalionidae: Pholoinae) species from northern Europe. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 189, 178–206., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz120 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Ogawa, Namy; Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2025). New species of scale worms of the genus Bylgides (Annelida: Polynoidae) and Pholoe (Annelida: Sigalionidae) from the Brazilian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5719(2): 243-264., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5719.2.4
page(s): 258-259; note: key to species [details] Available for editors
page(s): 437; note: for Pholoe inornata new species [details]
additional 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 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
identification resource Meißner, Karin; Götting, Miriam; Nygren, Arne. (2020). Do we know who they are? On the identity of Pholoe (Annelida: Sigalionidae: Pholoinae) species from northern Europe. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 189, 178–206., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz120 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Ogawa, Namy; Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2025). New species of scale worms of the genus Bylgides (Annelida: Polynoidae) and Pholoe (Annelida: Sigalionidae) from the Brazilian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5719(2): 243-264., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5719.2.4
page(s): 258-259; note: key to species [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
