WoRMS name details
Lepidonotus fragilis Baird, 1863
338927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338927)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Baird, William. (1863). Descriptions of several new species of worms belonging to the Annelida Errantia and Sedentaria or Tubicola of Milne Edwards. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (year 1863): 106-110., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681418
page(s): 108; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 108; note: no figures [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus fragilis Baird, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338927 on 2026-01-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Baird, William. (1863). Descriptions of several new species of worms belonging to the Annelida Errantia and Sedentaria or Tubicola of Milne Edwards. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (year 1863): 106-110., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681418
page(s): 108; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 108; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
