World Polychaeta Database - Petaloproctus ornatus Hartman, 1969

Polychaeta taxon details

Petaloproctus ornatus Hartman, 1969

AphiaID

330499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330499)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866

Original name

Petaloproctus ornatus Hartman, 1969

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Hartman, O. (1969). Atlas of the sedentariate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-812. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles. [details]

Type data

Note Pacific Ocean, southern California

Unreviewed

Type locality Pacific Ocean, southern California [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Petaloproctus ornatus Hartman, 1969. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330499 on 2026-08-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description Hartman, O. (1969). Atlas of the sedentariate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-812. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Specimen Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean, southern California [details]

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