World Polychaeta Database - Palolo [auctt. misspelling]

Polychaeta name details

Palolo [auctt. misspelling]

AphiaID

324711 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324711)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (subsequent misspelling of 'Palola')

Accepted name

Palola Gray in Stair, 1847

Rank

Genus

Parent

Eunicidae Berthold, 1827

Original name

Palola Gray in Stair, 1847

Direct children (7)

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Species Palolo accrescens (Hoagland, 1920) accepted as Palola accrescens (Hoagland, 1920) (misspelling)
Species Palolo edentulum (Ehlers, 1901) accepted as Palola edentulum (Ehlers, 1901) (misspelling)
Species Palolo esbelta Morgado & Amaral, 1981 accepted as Palola esbelta Morgado & Amaral, 1981 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling)
Species Palolo pallidus Hartman, 1938 accepted as Palola pallidus Hartman, 1938 (superseded original combination, genus misspelled as 'Palolo')
Species Palolo paloloides (Moore, 1909) accepted as Palola paloloides (Moore, 1909) (misspelling)
Species Palolo siciliensis (Grube, 1840) accepted as Palola siciliensis (Grube, 1840) (misspelling)
Species Palolo viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 accepted as Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 (misspelling of 'Palola')

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Palola Gray in Stair, 1847) Stair, John B. (1847). An account of Palolo, a sea worm eaten in the Navigator Islands, with a description by J.E. Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862801
page(s): 17 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Palolo [auctt. misspelling]. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324711 on 2026-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-05 14:39:51Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2012-04-12 16:44:24Z

changed

Zanol, Joana

2012-04-13 08:42:19Z

changed

Zanol, Joana

2025-07-24 11:19:44Z

changed

Gil, João

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Sources (3)

original description (of Palola Gray in Stair, 1847) Stair, John B. (1847). An account of Palolo, a sea worm eaten in the Navigator Islands, with a description by J.E. Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862801
page(s): 17 [details]

basis of record Fauchald, Kristian. (1992). Review of the types of Palola (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). Journal of Natural History. 26(6): 1177-1225., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939200770681 [details] Available for editors

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status source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper. 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors

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