Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae

Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polydora (Carazzia)*	Mesnil, 1896	generic synonym

Children

Pseudopolydora antennata (Claparède, 1868)
Pseudopolydora kempi (Southern, 1921)
Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata (Okuda, 1937)
Pseudopolydora pulchra (Carazzi, 1893)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オニスピオ属

Literature

original description	Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody). 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
taxonomy source	Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Malyar, Vasily V.; Pankova, Victoria V.; Gambi, Maria Cristina; Giangrande, Adriana; Keppel, Erica; Nygren, Arne; Al-Kandari, Manal; Carlton, James T. (2020). Disentangling invasions in the sea: molecular analysis of a global polychaete species complex (Annelida: Spionidae: Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata). Biological Invasions. 22(12): 3621-3644.
taxonomy source	Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Al-Kandari, Manal; Malyar, Vasily V.; Pankova, Victoria V. (2021). Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait. European Journal of Taxonomy. 773(1): 120–168.
identification resource	Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2021). Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from European and adjacent waters with a key to identification and description of a new species. Marine Biodiversity. 51:31.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129621