WoRMS name details
Protulides elegans Webster, 1884
337885 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337885)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Protulides Webster, 1884 accepted as Notaulax Tauber, 1879
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, Henry E. 1884. Annelida from Bermuda collected by G. Brown Goode. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 25: 305-327, incl. plates 7-12 in text, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7725366
page(s): 325-326, plate XI figs. 63-74 [details]
page(s): 325-326, plate XI figs. 63-74 [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Protulides elegans Webster, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337885 on 2026-07-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Webster, Henry E. 1884. Annelida from Bermuda collected by G. Brown Goode. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 25: 305-327, incl. plates 7-12 in text, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7725366
page(s): 325-326, plate XI figs. 63-74 [details]
page(s): 325-326, plate XI figs. 63-74 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 556; note: superseded synonymy to Hypsicomus torquatus [details] Available for editors
[request]
source of synonymy Perkins, Thomas H. (1984). Revision of <i>Demonax</i> Kinberg, <i>Hypsicomus</i> Grube, and <i>Notaulax</i> Tauber, with a review of <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson from Florida (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 97(2): 285-368., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34553607
page(s): 332; note: to Notaulax nudicollis [details]
page(s): 556; note: superseded synonymy to Hypsicomus torquatus [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Perkins, Thomas H. (1984). Revision of <i>Demonax</i> Kinberg, <i>Hypsicomus</i> Grube, and <i>Notaulax</i> Tauber, with a review of <i>Megalomma</i> Johansson from Florida (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 97(2): 285-368., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34553607
page(s): 332; note: to Notaulax nudicollis [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality