Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polynoe maculosa Carrington, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339821 on 2024-06-03
additional sourceHartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. page(s): 103; note: as synonym of Harmothoe lunulata, but see Chambers & Muire, 1997 [details] Available for editors [request]
status sourceChambers, S.J. & Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series).</em> 54: 1-202. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 176; note: indeterminable; unidentifiable polynoid [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Spelling Carrington (1865) used an incorrect spelling of 'Polynoa' for his new species in Polynoe genus [details] Type locality Atlantic Ocean, England [details] Type specimen Chambers & Muir (1997) state that the "specimen is not available for examination". It is not clear if they meant the type is lost, or something different [details]