WoRMS name details
Polydora gracilis Verrill, 1879
157538 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157538)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (indeterminable from description)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 174; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 174; note: no figures [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, Block Island, Rhode Island
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Block Island, Rhode Island [details]
Taxonomy Not determinable from the original description. Blake (1971: 23): "Specimens, described as Polydora gracilis Verrill by J....
Taxonomy Not determinable from the original description. Blake (1971: 23): "Specimens, described as Polydora gracilis Verrill by J. P. Moore (MS), were examined in the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. They agreed with P. socialis. Blake (1969) placed P. gracilis in synonymy with P. socialis but this is at least questionable, since no type material of P. gracilis exists and the description is not adequate for specific determination." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora gracilis Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157538 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 2: 165–205., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
page(s): 174; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 174; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Blake, J. A. (1971). Revision of the genus <i>Polydora</i> from the east coast of North America (Polychaeta: Spionidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 75: 1-32., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.75
page(s): 23; note: indeterminable but possibly Polydora socialis [details]
page(s): 23; note: indeterminable but possibly Polydora socialis [details]
Other
additional source
Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Not determinable from the original description. Blake (1971: 23): "Specimens, described as Polydora gracilis Verrill by J. P. Moore (MS), were examined in the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. They agreed with P. socialis. Blake (1969) placed P. gracilis in synonymy with P. socialis but this is at least questionable, since no type material of P. gracilis exists and the description is not adequate for specific determination." [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Block Island, Rhode Island [details]
