World Polychaeta Database. We will soon cover taxonomy & current status for all annelids (Animalia incertae sedis edits also). Tweets by Geoff Read
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2 May 2024
#wormwednesday A massive 500 page review memoir 136 from @niwa_nz of NZ marine biota.
Annelida is chapter 18.
Reposting to update the link.
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May 14
Description of five new species of #Capitellidae (#Annelida, #Canalipalpata, #Capitellida) from the coast of Chile (#SouthAmerica), and re-description of Mediomastus branchiferus Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
#taxonomy
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May 12
Four new species of Fauveliopsidae (#Annelida, Sedentaria) from the Gulf of #Thailand
#taxonomy
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Apr 30
A #newspecies of Polyophthalmus from NW Africa and re-establishment of P. papillatus Treadwell, 1943 (#Annelida: #Opheliidae) based upon type material
#taxonomy
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Apr 27
A new species of scale-covered marine worm, Sthenelais onca, has been documented along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is characterised by a jaguar-like color pattern!
Read more: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/…
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Apr 23
Three #newspecies of Acoetes (#Aphroditiformia: #Acoetidae) and one #newspecies of Euarche (#Aphroditiformia: #Acoetidae): first Acoetes described in over three decades
#taxonomy
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Apr 23
#WormWednesday The photo is of a live instance of Prionospio krusadensis Fauvel, 1929. The Sri Lanka new species of Radashevsky et al is very different, with up to 13 pairs of gills
Apr 22
#Prionospio (#Annelida: #Spionidae) from #Indian waters, with description of a #newspecies from #SriLanka
#taxonomy
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Apr 7
A new study of #polychaete #worms from various localities in Kuwait, Oman, and West Africa has revealed that 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘪 is a species complex comprising at least eleven #lineages. See the newly described Leodamas edgari: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1276…
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#Wormwednesday, #openaccess A review maybe making sense of those somewhat-obscure higher classification names most of us don't need to use.
Apr 7
Progress and Challenges in Phylogenomics and Genomics of Lophotrochozoa/Spiralia by Torsten Struck. This is a major contribution and important piece of work with respect to lophotrochozoan genomics and phylogeny.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Mar 19
(4/10) Far below the Pacific Ocean, in a world without sunlight, something glitters: Iskra’s Glitter Worm.
marinespecies.org/worms-top-…
@Scripps_Ocean
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea
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Mar 19
(2/10) The Sponge Ambusher Worm sets its trap in a glass sponge.
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#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea
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We want to say a huge thank you this #TaxonomistAppreciationDay for all of the amazing work done by the editors for @WRMarineSpecies. This is an amazing resource that so many of us use. So thank you so much @WPolyDb #TaxonomyDay
Mar 18
(2/2) Today @WRMarineSpecies thanks all editors for this important task.
And we celebrate the work of taxonomists with the WoRMS list of the top-ten marine species described in 2025!
marinespecies.org/worms-top-…
#toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean
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Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 (Annelida, Polychaeta)—Worldwide Identification Keys and the Re-Establishment of Maea Johnston, 1865 - New paper from @KatieMortimerJ1, Kim Mills & @Mistapicta in @Taxonomy_MDPI #WormWednesday mdpi.com/3731190
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Feb 11
Anoplosyllinae Aguado & San Martín, 2009 (#Annelida: #Syllidae) from shelf and slope depths in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, primarily off New England, slope depths in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana...
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Scalibregma drouali Bonifácio added to WoRMS as first 'new' to science annelid entry (pub today 5/1/2026) for 2026. First undoubtedly of many to come. Bonus - it's #OpenAccess
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Jan 4
Unveiling a hidden wanderer in the NE Atlantic: a #newspecies of Scalibregma (#Annelida, #Scalibregmatidae)
#taxonomy
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24 Dec 2025
#WormWednesday It's Xmas-eve afternoon in NZ and @Zootaxa is still publishing its daily output. Well done those guys!
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24 Dec 2025
A new #Manayunkia species (#Polychaeta: #Sabellida: #Fabriciidae) from the lakes of the Kolyma and Ola River basins (Northeastern Asia, #Russia)
#taxonomy
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Unravelling a Taxonomic Puzzle: Reinstating the #SouthAfrican #Scolelepis #capensis as distinct from #Scolelepis #squamata (#Annelida: #Spionidae)
#taxonomy
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9 Dec 2025
"... ghostly bristleworms swim among fields of blood-red tubeworms." And these annelids live in the "deepest-known ecosystem with animals on the planet"
Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing something totally new to science
Mengran Du is part of Nature’s 10 2025, our list of people who shaped science this year
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27 Nov 2025
#WormWednesday Major review of freshwater Helobdella leeches in Mexico. This diverse group (mostly in the Americas) are harmless to large animals and feed on small invertebrates.
27 Nov 2025
Helobdella is the most speciose leech genus worldwide. Now, two newly described species from Mexico join its ranks: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261…
#leeches #newspecies #freshwater @UNAM_MX
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27 Nov 2025
#wormwednesday A new commensal hesionid polychaete from Japanese Balanoglossus burrows.
Podarkeopsis balanoglossi Jimi & Martin et al.
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