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Polygordius Schneider, 1868 
AphiaID: 129472

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Polychaeta incertae sedis (Subclass) > Polygordiidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Polygordius lacteus Schneider, 1868
Parent Polygordiidae Czerniavsky, 1881
Sources  basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Polygordius antarcticus Rota & Carchini, 1999
Species Polygordius appendiculatus Fraipont, 1887
Species Polygordius epitocus Dawydoff, 1905
Species Polygordius erythrophthalmus (Giard, 1880)
Species Polygordius eschaturus Marcus, 1948
Species Polygordius ijimai Izuka, 1903
Species Polygordius jouinae Ramey, Fiege & Leander, 2006
Species Polygordius lacteus Schneider, 1868
Species Polygordius leo Marcus, 1955
Species Polygordius madrasensis Aiyar & Alikuhni, 1944
Species Polygordius neapolitanus Fraipont, 1887
Species Polygordius pacificus Uchida, 1935
Species Polygordius schnederi Langerhans, 1881
Species Polygordius triestinus Woltereck in Hempelmann, 1906
Species Polygordius uroviridis Aiyar & Alikuhni, 1944
Species Polygordius villoti Perrier, 1875

Species Polygordius appendiculata Fraipont, 1887 accepted as Polygordius appendiculatus Fraipont, 1887
Species Polygordius flavicaudatus Uljanin in Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Protodrilus flavocapitatus (Uljanin, 1877)
Species Polygordius flavocapitatus Uljanin, 1877 accepted as Protodrilus flavocapitatus (Uljanin, 1877)
Species Polygordius ponticus Salensky, 1907 accepted as Polygordius lacteus Schneider, 1868
Species Polygordius purpureus Schneider, 1868 accepted as Protodrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868)
Species Polygordius schneideri Langerhans, 1881 accepted as Protodrilus schneideri (Langerhans, 1881)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
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Polygordius
Polygordius
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129472
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, GĂ©rard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Polygordius Schneider, 1868. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129472 on 2013-06-19
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