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Synonymy of Polydora hoplura

(Relevant original names and New Zealand records only)

Polydora hoplura as:    Polydora hoplura
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Claparède 1870 (pages 58-, illus. Pl22,fig.2a-f.)
  Record locality: Golfe de Naples
  Remarks: (plate 22 fig 2a-f (no head figure - only of pygidium, chaetae). Available only as v. poor photocopy, too poor to digitise.
  [Basionym for this record: Polydora hoplura Claparède 1870]

Polydora hoplura as:    Polydora hoplura
  Name used as: Record for New Zealand by:  Read 1975 (pages 410-412, illus. Fig.6a-h.)
  Record locality: Wellington coast & Marlborough Sounds
  Remarks: Subtidal. Blisters on Atrina zelandica, Haliotis iris, Ostrea lutaria, Pecten novaezelandiae
  [Basionym for this record: Polydora hoplura Claparède 1870]

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