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

Trochochaeta watsoni (Fauvel, 1916)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Trochochaeta*	Levinsen, 1884	accepted genus name
*Disoma*	Örsted, 1844	junior homonym

Species group names

*Disoma watsoni*	Fauvel, 1916	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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Contribution to the polychaete family Trochochaetidae Pettibone. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 230: 1-21.
additional source	Pettibone, M. H. (1952). Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 1-32.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Trochochaeta watsoni (Fauvel, 1916). 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:131577