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

Pseudopolydora pulchra (Carazzi, 1893)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudopolydora*	Czerniavsky, 1881	accepted genus name
*Polydora (Carazzia)*	Mesnil, 1896	generic synonym

Species group names

*Polydora pulchra*	Carazzi, 1893	synonym

Literature

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	Eleftheriou, Anastasius. (1970). Notes on the polychaete Pseudopolydora pulchra (Carazzi) from British waters. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 11(4): 459-474.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	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.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudopolydora pulchra (Carazzi, 1893). 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:131169