Palola

For Finnish hockey player, see Olli Palola. For other uses, see Palula.

Palola is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Eunicidae.^[2]

Palola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Eunicida
Family:	Eunicidae
Genus:	Palola Gray in Stair, 1847
Type species
Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Eunice Gray in Stair, 1847 Lithognatha Stewart, 1881 Palolo Macdonald, 1858 (misspelled)

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, except northernward regions.^[2]

Species:^[1]

• Palola accrescens (Hoagland, 1920)
• Palola brasiliensis Zanol, Paiva & Attolini, 2000
• Palola ebranchiata (Quatrefages, 1866)
• Palola edentulum (Ehlers, 1901)
• Palola esbelta Morgado & Amaral, 1981
• Palola leucodon (Ehlers, 1901)
• Palola madeirensis (Baird, 1869)
• Palola pallidus Hartman, 1938
• Palola paloloides (Moore, 1909)
• Palola siciliensis (Grube, 1840)
• Palola simplex (Peters, 1854)
• Palola valida (Gravier, 1900)
• Palola vernalis (Treadwell, 1922)
• Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847

References

1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). "Palola". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. "Palola". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 April 2021.