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

Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata (Okuda, 1937)

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) paucibranchiata*	Okuda, 1937	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コオニスピオ

Literature

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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	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Wilson, R.S.; Hutchings, P.A. and Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2003. List of Polychaete species introduced to Australia. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne
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additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
taxonomy source	Read, Geoffrey B. (1975). Systematics and biology of polydorid species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Wellington Harbour. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 5(4): 395-419.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata (Okuda, 1937). 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:131168