Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881

Radashevsky, Vasily I., 2015, Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera Aonides, Dipolydora, Polydorella, Prionospio, Pseudopolydora, Rhynchospio, and Tripolydora, Zootaxa 4019 (1), pp. 635-694 : 680

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scientific name	Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881
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Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881 View in CoL

Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881: 362 View in CoL ; Blake & Kudenov 1978: 267; Blake 1996: 202. Polydora (Carazzia) View in CoL .— Fauvel 1927: 48.

Polydora (Pseudopolydora) View in CoL .— Hartmann-Schröder 1971: 317; 1996: 322.

Type-species. Polydora antennata Claparède, 1868 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Remarks. Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881 currently comprises 18 species of polydorin spionids that usually inhabit tubes on the intertidal and in shallow water in estuarine environments.

Four Pseudopolydora View in CoL species were reported from the Australian waters, comprising P. antennata (Claparède, 1868) View in CoL , P. paucibranchiata ( Okuda, 1937) View in CoL , Pseudopolydora kempi (Southern, 1921) View in CoL , and Pseudopolydora glandulosa Blake & Kudenov, 1978 View in CoL ( Blake & Kudenov 1978 2; Hutchings & Rainer 1979; Hartmann-Schröder 1981, 1983; Hutchings & Murray 1984; Hutchings & Turvey 1984; Hewitt et al. 2004). Pseudopolydora glandulosa View in CoL was originally described from Victoria, Australia, and also reported from Queensland and New South Wales ( Blake & Kudenov 1978; Hutchings & Murray 1984). The other three species were originally described from Italy, Japan, and India, respectively.