Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Phyllodociformia > Family Pontodoridae > Genus Pontodora

Pontodora pelagica Greeff, 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pontodora*	Greeff, 1879	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Greeff, R. (1879). Ueber pelagische Anneliden von der Küste der canarischen Inseln. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 32: 237-283, plates XIII-XV.
basis of record	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	Berkeley, E.; Berkeley, C. (1960). Notes on some Polychaeta from the west coast of Mexico, Panama, and California. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 38(2): 357-362.
additional source	Sicinski J. 2008. Admiralty Bay Benthos Diversity Data Base (ABBED). Polychaeta. (http://www.scarmarbin.be)
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pontodora pelagica Greeff, 1879. 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:130836