Palolo worms
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Palola viridis with an epitaxial posterior end |
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| Gray , 1847 |
The Palolowürmer ( Palola ) are a genus of polychaete (Polychaeta) with currently 14 known species. They are distributed worldwide in the oceans. The best known representative of this genus is the Samoan Palolo ( Palola viridis ).
species
The palolo worms include the following species, with the places where they were first found:
- Palola accrescens (Hoagland, 1920) from the Philippines
- Palola brasiliensis Zanol et al., 2000 from the Brazilian coast
- Palola ebranchiata (Quatrefages, 1866) from the coast off Palermo
- Palola edentulum (Ehlers, 1901) from the Juan Fernández Islands
- Palola esbelta Morgado & Amaral, 1981 from the coast of São Sebastião in Brazil
- Palola leucodon (Ehlers, 1901) from the Juan Fernández Islands
- Palola madeirensis Baird 1869 from Madeira
- Palola pallidus Hartman, 1938 from Laguna Beach , California
- Palola paloloides (Moore, 1904) off the coast of San Diego , California
- Palola siciliensis (Pit, 1840) from Palermo
- Palola simplex Peters, 1854 from Mozambique
- Palola valida (engraving, 1900) from Djibouti
- Palola vernalis (Treadwell, 1922) from the Fiji Islands
- Palola viridis Gray, in Stair, 1847 from Samoa