Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Aphroditiformia > Family Polynoidae > Subfamily Polynoidae incertae sedis > Genus Drieschia

Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: species inquirenda

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Drieschia*	Michaelsen, 1892	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nectochaeta caroli*	Fauvel, 1914	subjective synonym

Literature

original description	Michaelsen, Wilhelm. (1892). Polychaeten von Ceylon. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 9(2): 91-113, 1 plate.
basis of record	Dales, R.P. 1957. Pelagic polychaetes from the Bay of Biscay. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 12, 9: 661-664.
status source	Wehe, T.; Fiege, D. (2002). Annotated checklist of the polychaete species of the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Gulf. Fauna of Arabia. 19(7): 7-238.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Drieschia pelagica Michaelsen, 1892. 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:327456