WoRMS taxon details
Pseudopolydora achaeta Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000
331410 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331410)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Radashevsky, V.I. & Hsieh, H.L. (2000). <i>Pseudopolydora</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) species from Taiwan. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 39(3): 218-235., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.3/218.pdf
page(s): 223-226, figs. 4-5, 11A [details]
page(s): 223-226, figs. 4-5, 11A [details]
Holotype ASIZP 121, geounit Taiwan
, Type locality contained in Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone , Note West Pacific Ocean, South China Sea, Taiwan,...
Holotype ASIZP 121, geounit Taiwan [details]
type locality contained in Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type locality West Pacific Ocean, South China Sea, Taiwan, Tainan County, Tsengwen River estuary (23º04'N, 120º05'E), less than 2 m depth, mud. [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 5 m depth.
Distribution West Pacific Ocean: Taiwanese coasts of East and South China seas, and Kinmen Islands (Taiwan Strait, close to mainland...
Etymology The specific epithet achaeta is composed by the negative prefix a-, and the Greek noun cháité meaning 'chaeta' or...
Taxonomy Pseudopolydora achaeta is similar to P. glandulosa Blake & Kudenov, 1978 from Australia, with black pigmentation, a...
Depth range Intertidal to 5 m depth. [details]
Distribution West Pacific Ocean: Taiwanese coasts of East and South China seas, and Kinmen Islands (Taiwan Strait, close to mainland...
Distribution West Pacific Ocean: Taiwanese coasts of East and South China seas, and Kinmen Islands (Taiwan Strait, close to mainland China). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet achaeta is composed by the negative prefix a-, and the Greek noun cháité meaning 'chaeta' or...
Etymology The specific epithet achaeta is composed by the negative prefix a-, and the Greek noun cháité meaning 'chaeta' or 'bristle', and refers to the characteristic achaetous appearance of segment 1. [details]
Taxonomy Pseudopolydora achaeta is similar to P. glandulosa Blake & Kudenov, 1978 from Australia, with black pigmentation, a...
Taxonomy Pseudopolydora achaeta is similar to P. glandulosa Blake & Kudenov, 1978 from Australia, with black pigmentation, a transverse midline peristomial fold, similar chaetiger 5 spines. However, Pseudopolydora achaeta has spines in a near straight vertical rows rather than U-shape (differential diagnosis from Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudopolydora achaeta Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331410 on 2024-11-13
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original description
Radashevsky, V.I. & Hsieh, H.L. (2000). <i>Pseudopolydora</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) species from Taiwan. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 39(3): 218-235., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.3/218.pdf
page(s): 223-226, figs. 4-5, 11A [details]
taxonomy source Abe, Hirokazu; Kondoh, Tomohiko; Sato-Okoshi, Waka. (2016). First Report of the Morphology and rDNA Sequences of Two Pseudopolydora Species (Annelida: Spionidae) from Japan. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 33(6): 650-658., available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2108/zs160082
page(s): 654; note: records, description, rDNA as Pseudopolydora achaeta, Japan [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Al-Kandari, Manal; Malyar, Vasily V.; Pankova, Victoria V. (2021). Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 773(1): 120–168., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1519
page(s): 128, figure 3; note: Record and description of 2 specimens from Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait. There is no comparison to related species. Originally described from Taiwan but with wide-ranging records since. Originally compared...
[details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Malyar, Vasily V.; Pankova, Victoria V. (2024). Cryptic invasions of Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae), with description of a new species from Queensland, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5486(2): 213-240., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5486.2.3
page(s): 219, figures 2–4, 6A, B; note: description, figures, molecular data for adults and larvae, including new locations of S. Korea, Russia, Caribbean Sea (Martinique) and Nha Trang Bay (Vietnam). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 223-226, figs. 4-5, 11A [details]
taxonomy source Abe, Hirokazu; Kondoh, Tomohiko; Sato-Okoshi, Waka. (2016). First Report of the Morphology and rDNA Sequences of Two Pseudopolydora Species (Annelida: Spionidae) from Japan. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 33(6): 650-658., available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2108/zs160082
page(s): 654; note: records, description, rDNA as Pseudopolydora achaeta, Japan [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Al-Kandari, Manal; Malyar, Vasily V.; Pankova, Victoria V. (2021). Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 773(1): 120–168., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1519
page(s): 128, figure 3; note: Record and description of 2 specimens from Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait. There is no comparison to related species. Originally described from Taiwan but with wide-ranging records since. Originally compared...
Record and description of 2 specimens from Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait. There is no comparison to related species. Originally described from Taiwan but with wide-ranging records since. Originally compared to P. glandulosa from Australia
[request]taxonomy source Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Malyar, Vasily V.; Pankova, Victoria V. (2024). Cryptic invasions of Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae), with description of a new species from Queensland, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5486(2): 213-240., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5486.2.3
page(s): 219, figures 2–4, 6A, B; note: description, figures, molecular data for adults and larvae, including new locations of S. Korea, Russia, Caribbean Sea (Martinique) and Nha Trang Bay (Vietnam). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ASIZP 121, geounit Taiwan [details]
Paratype ASIZP 113, geounit Taiwan [details]
Paratype ASIZP 130, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to 5 m depth. [details]Diagnosis A moderate-sized gonochoristic Pseudopolydora species inhabiting mud tubes in soft bottoms. Dorsal, lateral and ventral transverse bands of black difuse pigment usually present on anterior segments. Prostomium incised or blunt anteriorly. Four black eyes present. Caruncle reaching end of segment 2. Median antenna present on caruncle. Segment 1 with short hairlike neurochaetae. Segment 5 not modified, with noto- and neuropodial lamellae; two kinds of major spines arranged in an almost straight vertical double row. Pygidium flaring disc with dorso-lateral processes. Glandular pouches from segment 1, largest and paired in segments 6 and 7.
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Distribution West Pacific Ocean: Taiwanese coasts of East and South China seas, and Kinmen Islands (Taiwan Strait, close to mainland China). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet achaeta is composed by the negative prefix a-, and the Greek noun cháité meaning 'chaeta' or 'bristle', and refers to the characteristic achaetous appearance of segment 1. [details]
Habitat Mud tubes in soft bottoms of brackish water environments, at shallow depths. [details]
Reproduction Females with small oocytes present in segments 19 to 44. Paired gonoducts ending externally into one gonopore on middorsal side of segments 20 to 47. [details]
Taxonomy Pseudopolydora achaeta is similar to P. glandulosa Blake & Kudenov, 1978 from Australia, with black pigmentation, a transverse midline peristomial fold, similar chaetiger 5 spines. However, Pseudopolydora achaeta has spines in a near straight vertical rows rather than U-shape (differential diagnosis from Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000). [details]
Type locality West Pacific Ocean, South China Sea, Taiwan, Tainan County, Tsengwen River estuary (23º04'N, 120º05'E), less than 2 m depth, mud. [details]
