World Polychaeta Database - Diopatra papillosa (Day, 1967)

Polychaeta taxon details

Diopatra papillosa (Day, 1967)

AphiaID

738687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738687)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833

Original name

Epidiopatra papillosa Day, 1967

Synonymised names

Epidiopatra papillosa Day, 1967 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Epidiopatra papillosa Day, 1967) Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Durban

type locality contained in Durban [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Diopatra papillosa (Day, 1967). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738687 on 2026-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-09-01 01:11:30Z

created

Paxton, Hannelore

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original description (of Epidiopatra papillosa Day, 1967) Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (5 records) (from synonym Epidiopatra papillosa Day, 1967)