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Polychaeta name details

Polyophthalmus papillatus Treadwell, 1943

337048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337048)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1943). Polychaetous annelids from Africa in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1221: 1-6., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4741 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  AMNH AMNH_NL3236, geounit Angolan  
Holotype AMNH AMNH_NL3236, geounit Angolan [details]
Type locality contained in Angolan Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Angolan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Holotype AMNH_NL3236, Lobito, western Africa,...  
Type locality Holotype AMNH_NL3236, Lobito, western Africa, -12.3332 S, 13.5667 E (12º 19’ 59.65’’ S, 13º 34’ 0.26’’ E), depth not stated but geolocation seems to be intertidal or shore shallows [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Polyophthalmus papillatus Treadwell, 1943. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337048 on 2026-07-27
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1943). Polychaetous annelids from Africa in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1221: 1-6., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4741 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Parapar, Julio; Lavesque, Nicolas; Gouillieux, Benoit; Moreira, Juan. (2026). A new species of Polyophthalmus from NW Africa and re-establishment of P. papillatus Treadwell, 1943 (Annelida: Opheliidae) based upon type material. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5802(1): 101-118., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5802.1.5
page(s): 3 of 18, figures 1-3; note: revalidation from synonymy with Polyophthalmus pictus [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype AMNH AMNH_NL3236, geounit Angolan [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Holotype AMNH_NL3236, Lobito, western Africa, -12.3332 S, 13.5667 E (12º 19’ 59.65’’ S, 13º 34’ 0.26’’ E), depth not stated but geolocation seems to be intertidal or shore shallows [details]