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

Pseudopolydora kempi (Southern, 1921)

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 (Carazzia) kempi*	Southern, 1921	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ドロオニスピオ

Literature

additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Imajima, Minoru & Hartman, Olga. (1964). The polychaetous annelids of Japan. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 26(1-2): 1-452 [issued in 2 parts].
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.
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. Zoological Science. 33(6): 650-658.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudopolydora kempi (Southern, 1921). 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:131167