Palola viridis

Palola viridis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Eunicida
Family: Eunicidae
Genus: Palola
Species:
P. viridis
Binomial name
Palola viridis
(Gray, 1840)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Leodice viridis Lamarck, 1818
  • Lysidice palola Quatrefages, 1866
  • Palolo viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 (misspelling)
  • Eunice viridis

Palola viridis, (or Eunice viridis) commonly known as the palolo worm, Samoan palolo worm, balolo, wawo, or nyale, is a Polychaeta species from the waters of some of the Pacific islands, including Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and the islands of the maritime Southeast Asia (which are part of Indonesia, Timor-Leste and the Philippines ).

  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Eunice viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T8261A12903350. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8261A12903350.en.
  2. ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2021). "Palola viridis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)