WoRMS name details
original description
(of Polynoa maculosa Carrington, 1865) Carrington, Benjamin. (1865). On the chaetopod annelides of the Southport sands. <em>Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.</em> 4: 176-188., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48862346 page(s): 178-179 [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. page(s): 103; note: as synonym of Harmothoe lunulata, but see Chambers & Muire, 1997 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Chambers, S.J. & Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series).</em> 54: 1-202. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 176; note: indeterminable; unidentifiable polynoid [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Carrington (1865) used an incorrect spelling of 'Polynoa' for his new species in Polynoe genus [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, England [details]
Type specimen Chambers & Muir (1997) state that the "specimen is not available for examination". It is not clear if they meant the type is lost, or something different [details]
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