WoRMS name details
Neopomatus similis Pillai, 1960
329520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329520)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Neopomatus Pillai, 1960 accepted as Ficopomatus Southern, 1921
- Subspecies Neopomatus similis rugosus Pillai, 1960 accepted as Ficopomatus uschakovi (Pillai, 1960) (synonym)
recent only
Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1960). Some marine and brackish-water serpulid Polychaeta from Ceylon, including new genera and species. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 3(1): 1-40, plates 1-2.
page(s): 32-33, fig. 12I-M, plate II fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 32-33, fig. 12I-M, plate II fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Neopomatus similis Pillai, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329520 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1960). Some marine and brackish-water serpulid Polychaeta from Ceylon, including new genera and species. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 3(1): 1-40, plates 1-2.
page(s): 32-33, fig. 12I-M, plate II fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 32-33, fig. 12I-M, plate II fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hove, Harry A. ten and Weerdenburg, J. C. A. 1978. A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin.Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole 154: 96-120. [details]





Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka [details]