World Polychaeta Database - Palola madeirensis (Baird, 1869)

Polychaeta taxon details

Palola madeirensis (Baird, 1869)

To NHMUK collection (Eunice madeirensis Baird, 1869; syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538416)

AphiaID

711845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711845)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Palola Gray in Stair, 1847

Original name

Eunice madeirensis Baird, 1869

Synonymised names

Eunice madeirensis Baird, 1869 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Eunice madeirensis Baird, 1869) Baird, William 1869. Remarks on several genera of annelides, belonging to the group Eunicea, with a notice of such species as are contained in the collection of the British Museum, and a description ofsome others hitherto undescribed. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 10: 341-361., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31588217
page(s): 344-345 [details]

Type data

Holotype BMNH 1857.7.27.66, geounit Madeira

Holotype BMNH 1857.7.27.66, geounit Madeira [details]

, Type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Palola madeirensis (Baird, 1869). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711845 on 2026-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-12-06 12:44:49Z

created

Zanol, Joana

2013-05-02 06:24:30Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description (of Eunice madeirensis Baird, 1869) Baird, William 1869. Remarks on several genera of annelides, belonging to the group Eunicea, with a notice of such species as are contained in the collection of the British Museum, and a description ofsome others hitherto undescribed. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 10: 341-361., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31588217
page(s): 344-345 [details]

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

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype BMNH 1857.7.27.66, geounit Madeira [details]

Definitions

To NHMUK collection (Eunice madeirensis Baird, 1869; syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538416) (from synonym Eunice madeirensis Baird, 1869)

From editor or global species database

To NHMUK collection (Eunice madeirensis Baird, 1869; syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538416)

Hosted externally, from synonym