WoRMS source details
Systematics, Taxonomy
Polycirridae Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Polycirrini Malmgren, 1866 (status source)
Polycirrini Malmgren, 1866 (identification resource)
Polycirrini Malmgren, 1866 (taxonomy source)
Polycirrus catalanensis Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe & Londoño-Mesa, 2020 (original description)
Polycirrus denticulatus Saint-Joseph, 1894 (taxonomy source)
Polycirrus glasbyi Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe & Londoño-Mesa, 2020 (original description)
Polycirrus gujanensis Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe & Londoño-Mesa, 2020 (original description)
Polycirrus idex Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe & Londoño-Mesa, 2020 (original description)
Polycirrus nogueirai Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe & Londoño-Mesa, 2020 (original description)
Polycirrus pennarbedae Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe & Londoño-Mesa, 2020 (original description)
Polycirrus readi Lavesque, Hutchings, Daffe & Londoño-Mesa, 2020 (original description)
Nogueira, Fitzhugh and Hutchings (2013: 235-236) considered subfamily Polycirrinae as family Polycirridae after ... [details]
Authors: Amaeana gremarei is named after "Antoine Grémare for his many contributions to benthic ecology ..." [details]
Polycirrus catalanensis is named for the area of collection, the Catalan Sea (north-western Mediterranean) [details]
Authors: Polycirrus glasbyi is named for Chris Glasby "for his great contributions to the knowledge of terebellids ... [details]
Authors: Polycirrus gujanensis "refers to the city of Gujan-Mestras, off where the species was sampled." [details]
Authors: Polycirrus idex is "named after IDEX (Excellence Initiative of Bordeaux University), which funded [grants ... [details]
Authors: Polycirrus nogueirai is named for "João Nogueira for his great contribution to taxonomy of terebellids" [details]
Authors: Polycirrus pennarbedae "refers to Penn-Ar- Bed which is the Breton name for Finistère (Finis Terrae in ... [details]
Authors: Polycirrus readi is named for Geoff Read for his "contribution to WoRMS website" etc. [details]
Status disputed. Nogueira et al (2013) and Lavesque et al (2020) place Polycirrus-group species (for many decades ... [details]