Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Phyllodociformia > Family Phyllodocidae > Subfamily Phyllodocinae > Genus Phyllodoce

Phyllodoce maculata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phyllodoce*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Anaitides*	Czerniavsky, 1882	generic synonym
*Phyllodoce (Anaitides)*	Czerniavsky, 1882	generic synonym
*Phyllodoce (Anaitis)*	Malmgren, 1865	synonym

Species group names

*Anaitides maculata*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Nereis maculata*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym
*Phyllodoce (Anaitides) maculata*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gestippelde dieseltreinworm sources: Billiau, R. (1987). One year of manual beam trawling [Een jaar kruien]. De Strandvlo 7(2): 63-77

English: spotted leafworm; spotted paddleworm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gefleckter Blattwurm; Gefleckter Ruderwurm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: ライノサシバ

Literature

additional source	Örsted, A.S. (1842). Udtog af en Beskrivelse af Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Köbenhavn. 4: 109-127.
additional source	Örsted, Anders Sandoe. (1843). Grönlands Annulata dorsibranchiata. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs. Naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger. 10 (series 4): 153-216. 8 plates.
source of synonymy	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.
source of synonymy	McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae. 2: 1-232.
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.
redescription	Vieitez, J.M.; M.A.; Alós, C.; Parapar, J.; Besteiro, C.; Moreira, J.; Nunez, J.; Laborda, J.; and San Martin, G. (2004). Annelida Polychaeta I. Fauna Iberica. Ramos, M.A. et al (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Vol. 25:1-530 [sections separate authorship not recognised here].

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Phyllodoce maculata (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334510