WoRMS taxon details
Protomystides Czerniavsky, 1882
129456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129456)
accepted
Genus
Mystides bidentata Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Protomystides bidentata (Langerhans, 1880) (type by original designation)
Mystides (Protomystides) Czerniavsky, 1882 · unaccepted (rank upgrade to genus)
Protomystidella Hartmann-Schröder, 1983 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pseudeulalia Eliason, 1962 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Protomystides bidentata (Langerhans, 1880)
- Species Protomystides bilineata La Greca, 1946
- Species Protomystides capensis Day, 1960
- Species Protomystides exigua (Eliason, 1962)
- Species Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988
- Species Protomystides kurilensis Buzhinskaya, 1990
- Species Protomystides lanceolata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
- Species Protomystides levensteinae Uschakov, 1972
- Species Protomystides longiantennata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1981)
- Species Protomystides mariaensis Blake, 1992
- Species Protomystides occidentalis (Ditlevsen, 1917)
- Species Protomystides orientalis Uschakov, 1972
- Species Protomystides papillosa Blake, 1985
- Species Protomystides semiconfusa Hartmann-Schröder, 1984
- Species Protomystides uschakovi Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
- Species Protomystides brunnea Hartmann-Schröder, 1963 accepted as Eulalia brunnea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1963) (superseded original combination)
- Species Protomystides confusa Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Eulalia confusa (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Protomystides verenae Blake & Hilbig, 1990 accepted as Galapagomystides verenae (Blake & Hilbig, 1990) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1882). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes. [third part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 57(1): 146-198., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34267696
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Protomystides Czerniavsky, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129456 on 2026-08-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1882). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes. [third part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 57(1): 146-198., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34267696
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Pseudeulalia Eliason, 1962) Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only).
page(s): 232-234; note: a joint genus plus species description for Pseudeulalia exigua [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Protomystidella Hartmann-Schröder, 1983) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1983). Die polychaeten der antiborealen Südwestküste Australiens (zwischen Dunsborough im Norden und Denmark im Süden). Teil 9. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 80: 123-167.
page(s): 125 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Mystides (Protomystides) Czerniavsky, 1882) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1882). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes. [third part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 57(1): 146-198., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34267696
page(s): 147; note: Czerniavsky places M. bidentata in new subgenus Protomystides, by the formulation of linking it in parenthesis after the subgenus name [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Pseudeulalia Eliason, 1962) Eliason, Anders. (1962). Die Polychaeten der Skagerak-Expedition 1933. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 207-293 (text figures only).
page(s): 232-234; note: a joint genus plus species description for Pseudeulalia exigua [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Protomystidella Hartmann-Schröder, 1983) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1983). Die polychaeten der antiborealen Südwestküste Australiens (zwischen Dunsborough im Norden und Denmark im Süden). Teil 9. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 80: 123-167.
page(s): 125 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mystides (Protomystides) Czerniavsky, 1882) Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1882). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes. [third part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 57(1): 146-198., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34267696
page(s): 147; note: Czerniavsky places M. bidentata in new subgenus Protomystides, by the formulation of linking it in parenthesis after the subgenus name [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Blake, James A. (1992). New species and records of Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta) from the continental shelf and slope off California. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 105(4): 693-708., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35607878
page(s): 700-702 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 700-702 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Czerniavsky (1882: 146-147; from key): "I. Pedes uniremes. Caput antennis: [...] B) 4 instructum. Cirri tentaculares: [...] b) 6 (3 paria): 1) Segmenta buccalia 2 vel 3 ..... Gen. Mystides Theel.-2 subgen.: [...] **) Segm. buccalia 3, singulo pare cirror. tentacul. instructa...... Subg. Protomystides m. (M. bidentata Langerhans, Madeira)." [details]Grammatical gender Feminine. Genus names developed from Mystides (feminine) have been treated as feminine. Here the Protomystides type species Mystides bidentata and eight of the other names to date have feminine adjectival suffices. There are no obviously masculine names. [details]
