| Reference no. | Description | year | Name used | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8099 | Monro, C.C.A. 1937 The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. Polychaeta. Scientific Reports, Zoology 4(8):243-321 + 28 figures. | 1937 | Petaloproctus cirratus | 311 |
| 77122 | Kirkegaard, J.B. 1956 Benthic Polychaeta from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea Report: Scientific Results of the Danish Deep-Sea Expedition Round the World 1950-52, 2:63-78. | 1956 | Petaloproctus cirratus | 73 |
| 2663 | Wehe, T. and D. Fiege 2002 Annotated checklist of the polychaete species of the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Gulf. Fauna of Arabia 19:7-238. | 2002 | Petaloproctus cirratus | 70 |
| 833 | Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes 2004 Invertebrate Zoology. A functional evolutionary approach. 7th Ed. Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning learning, Inc. 990 p. | 2004 | Petaloproctus cirratus | --> |