MSBIAS taxon details
Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940
327249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327249)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1940). <i>Boccardia proboscidea</i>, a new species of spionid worm from California. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 30(9): 382-387., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39700430
page(s): 383-386, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 383-386, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940. 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=327249 on 2026-02-22
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. Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327249 on 2026-02-22
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original description
Hartman, Olga. (1940). <i>Boccardia proboscidea</i>, a new species of spionid worm from California. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 30(9): 382-387., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39700430
page(s): 383-386, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Blake, James A.; Woodwick, Keith H. (1971). A review of the genus <i>Boccardia</i> Carazzi (Polychaeta Spionidae) with description of two new species. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 70(1): 31-42., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304499
page(s): table I [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Kerckhof, F.; Faasse, M. A. (2014). Boccardia proboscidea and Boccardiella hamata (Polychaeta: Spionidae: Polydorinae), introduced mud worms new for the North Sea and Europe, respectively. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 7: e76 (9 pages)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755267214000803 [details]
additional source Wilson, R.S.; Hutchings, P.A. and Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2003. List of Polychaete species introduced to Australia. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne [details]
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
status source Radashevsky, Vasily, I. ; Harris, Leslie, H. 2010. Case 3520 Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940 (Annelida, SPIONIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67(3): 203-210. , available online at http://iczn.org/content/case-3520-boccardia-proboscidea-hartman-1940-annelida-spionidae-proposed-conservation-specif
page(s): 203 [details]
page(s): 383-386, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Blake, James A.; Woodwick, Keith H. (1971). A review of the genus <i>Boccardia</i> Carazzi (Polychaeta Spionidae) with description of two new species. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 70(1): 31-42., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34304499
page(s): table I [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Kerckhof, F.; Faasse, M. A. (2014). Boccardia proboscidea and Boccardiella hamata (Polychaeta: Spionidae: Polydorinae), introduced mud worms new for the North Sea and Europe, respectively. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 7: e76 (9 pages)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755267214000803 [details]
additional source Wilson, R.S.; Hutchings, P.A. and Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2003. List of Polychaete species introduced to Australia. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne [details]
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
status source Radashevsky, Vasily, I. ; Harris, Leslie, H. 2010. Case 3520 Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940 (Annelida, SPIONIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67(3): 203-210. , available online at http://iczn.org/content/case-3520-boccardia-proboscidea-hartman-1940-annelida-spionidae-proposed-conservation-specif
page(s): 203 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Boccardia proboscidea)
To GenBank (209 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Boccardia proboscidea)
To GenBank (209 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
