World Polychaeta Database - Drieschia Michaelsen, 1892

Polychaeta name details

Drieschia Michaelsen, 1892

AphiaID

324942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324942)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (See note for the type species, Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892, based on a larval form )

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892 (type by original designation)

Parent

Polynoidae incertae sedis

Synonymised names

Plotolepis Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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Species Drieschia elegans Seidler, 1924
Species Drieschia melanostoma Ditlevsen, 1917
Species Drieschia nans (Chamberlin, 1919)
Species Drieschia pellucida Moore, 1903
Species Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, based on larval form)
Species Drieschia atlantica Treadwell, 1936 accepted as Drieschia pellucida Moore, 1903 (subjective synonym)
Species Drieschia caroli (Fauvel, 1914) accepted as Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892 (superseded recombination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Michaelsen, Wilhelm. (1892). Polychaeten von Ceylon. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 9(2): 91-113, 1 plate., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781423
page(s): 96 [details]

Descriptive notes

Status Uncertain identity as the type species, Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892, is supposedly based on a larval form.

Status Uncertain identity as the type species, Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892, is supposedly based on a larval form. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Drieschia Michaelsen, 1892. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324942 on 2025-12-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-05 14:39:51Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2017-11-29 10:29:27Z

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Wilson, Robin

2018-02-20 23:12:49Z

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Wilson, Robin

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original description Michaelsen, Wilhelm. (1892). Polychaeten von Ceylon. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 9(2): 91-113, 1 plate., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781423
page(s): 96 [details]

original description (of Plotolepis Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 37, 40-41 [details]

From editor or global species database

Status Uncertain identity as the type species, Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892, is supposedly based on a larval form. [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Drieschia)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (WRM USNM 27077-note)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (WRM USNM 27077-note)

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