Palola viridis

Palola viridis
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific 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
	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, and the islands of the maritime Southeast Asia (which are part of Indonesia , Timor-Leste and the Philippines ).

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