What is "polydora"

Polydora was the name of several characters in Greek mythology:

• Polydora, Danaid, mother of King Dryops of Oeta, by Spercheus
• Polydora, daughter of Peleus
• Polydora, possible wife of Protesilaus
• Polydora, one of the Oceanids
• Polydora, one of the Amazons

Polydora Fenzl is a genus of plants belonging to the Asteraceae family, consisting of some 8 species. The genus is related to Vernonia and is native to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Polydora is a genus of annelid worms. It contains marine polychaete species that live in mud, holes bored in rocks, and holes bored in the shells of shellfish.

Some shell- and rock-boring polydora worms leave a characteristic double hole in the rock and shells in which they burrow.