WoRMS name details
Vermilia pygidialis Willey, 1905
338307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338307)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 318-319, plate VII figs. 194-196 [details]
page(s): 318-319, plate VII figs. 194-196 [details]
Note Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, S.W. Cheval Paar
Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, S.W. Cheval Paar [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Vermilia pygidialis Willey, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338307 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 318-319, plate VII figs. 194-196 [details]
page(s): 318-319, plate VII figs. 194-196 [details]
Taxonomy
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
