Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae > Genus Polydora

Polydora colonia Moore, 1907

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polydora*	Bosc, 1802	accepted genus name
*Leucodore*	Johnston, 1838	generic synonym

Literature

original description	Moore, J.P. (1907). Descriptions of new species of spioniform annelids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 59: 195-207, plates XV-XVI.
additional source	Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878.
additional source	Droual, Gabin; Curd, Ameila; Gauff, Robin; Gouillieux, Benoit; Gélinaud, Guillaume; Cabelguen, Jérôme; Grall, Jacques. (2024). The French benthic newcomers: new records of Ampithoe valida S.I. Smith, 1873 and Polydora colonia Moore, 1907 in Brittany, first record of Bispira polyomma Giangrande & Faasse, 2012 in the North-East Atlantic and northernmost record of Prostheceraeus moseleyi Lang, 1884 in Europe. BioInvasions Records. 13(1): 37-56.
additional source	Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(1): 215-237.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
redescription	David, Andrew A.; Williams, Jason D. (2012). Morphology and natural history of the cryptogenic sponge associate Polydora colonia Moore, 1907 (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Journal of Natural History. 46(23-24): 1509-1528.
redescription	Aguirre, O.; San Martín, G.; Baratech, L. (1986). Presencia de la especie Polydora colonia Moore, 1907 (Polychaeta, Spionidae) en las costas españolas. Miscel·lània Zoològica. 10: 375-377.
redescription	Blake, J. A. (1971). Revision of the genus Polydora from the east coast of North America (Polychaeta: Spionidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 75: 1-32.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polydora colonia Moore, 1907. 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:131142