MSBIAS taxon details
Dipolydora armata (Langerhans, 1880)
131115 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131115)
accepted
Species
Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 93-94, plate IV fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 93-94, plate IV fig. 5 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Dipolydora armata (Langerhans, 1880). 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=131115 on 2026-02-27
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. Dipolydora armata (Langerhans, 1880). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131115 on 2026-02-27
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(of Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880) Langerhans, Paul. (1880). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. III. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 34(1): 87-143, plates IV-VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42353743
page(s): 93-94, plate IV fig. 5 [details]
basis of record 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 Bick, Andreas. (2001). The morphology and ecology of <i>Dipolydora armata</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the western Mediterranean Sea. <em>Acta Zoologica (Stockholm).</em> 82: 177-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2001.00078.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2003). Life history, morphology and distribution of <i>Dipolydora armata</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 83(2): 375-384., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403007227h [details] Available for editors
additional source Williams, Jason D. (2001). <i>Polydora</i> and related genera associated with hermit crabs from the Indo-West Pacific (Polychaeta: Spionidae), with descriptions of two new species and a second polydorid egg predator of hermit crabs. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 55(4): 429-465., available online at http://doi.org/10.1353/psc.2001.0037
page(s): 438-442, figs. 5-6 [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 643-645, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
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): 196-198, fig. 4.36; note: recombined from Polydora [details]
page(s): 93-94, plate IV fig. 5 [details]
basis of record 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 Bick, Andreas. (2001). The morphology and ecology of <i>Dipolydora armata</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the western Mediterranean Sea. <em>Acta Zoologica (Stockholm).</em> 82: 177-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2001.00078.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos. (2003). Life history, morphology and distribution of <i>Dipolydora armata</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 83(2): 375-384., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403007227h [details] Available for editors
additional source Williams, Jason D. (2001). <i>Polydora</i> and related genera associated with hermit crabs from the Indo-West Pacific (Polychaeta: Spionidae), with descriptions of two new species and a second polydorid egg predator of hermit crabs. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 55(4): 429-465., available online at http://doi.org/10.1353/psc.2001.0037
page(s): 438-442, figs. 5-6 [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 643-645, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
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): 196-198, fig. 4.36; note: recombined from Polydora [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipolydora armata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (23 records) (from synonym Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (24 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipolydora armata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (23 records) (from synonym Polydora armata Langerhans, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (24 records)