Polydora caeca Webster

Familia: Spionidae
Genus: Polydora
Species:

Polydora caeca Webster, 1879

ZooBank: A61243B9-6B3A-4EDD-8EA7-F1978665B845

Type locality: Notrhwest Atlantic Ocean, USA, Virginia, Northampton County, between the main-land and the line of outside islands.

Note: Reinstated by Radashevsky (2024: 4–8); Junior homonym of Polydora caeca (Örsted, 1843) (an accepted spelling variant of Polydora coeca (Örsted, 1843), two names have been used as replacement: Polydora websteri Hartman in Loosanoff & Engle, 1943 & Polydora neocaeca Williams & Radashevsky, 1999.

• Polydora caeca Webster, 1879: 252–253, pl. 9(119–122); — Radashevsky, 2024: 4–8.
• Polydora neocaeca Williams & Radashevsky, 1999: 117–127, figs. 1–5.
  • ZooBank: 2D0854DF-D486-4A32-8CB0-8FEA57FC46E2
  • Type locality: Rhode Island, Atlantic coast of North America: on the mudflat of Bluff Hill Cove, 41°23′00″N 71°30′00″W / 41.383333°N 71.500000°W / 41.383333; -71.500000, from shell fragment of Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  • Holotype: USNM 182878.
  • Paratypes: USNM 182879; USNM 182880.
  • Synonymised by Radashevsky (2024: 4).

• Radashevsky, V.I. 2024. Review of Polydora species from Brazil, with identification key and description of two new species (Annelida: Spionidae). Ocean and Coastal Research 72(suppl 1): 1–30. DOI: 10.1590/2675-2824072.23149 . Reference page. 
• Webster, H.E. 1879a. Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. Transactions of the Albany Institute 9: 202–269. BHL. Reference page. 
• Williams, J.D. & Radashevsky, V.I. 1999. Morphology, ecology, and reproduction of a new Polydora species from the east coast of North America (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Ophelia 51(2): 115–127. DOI: 10.1080/00785326.1999.10409403 . Reference page.