WoRMS name details
Dasychone argus Sars, 1862
339880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339880)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Dasychone Sars, 1862 accepted as Branchiomma Kölliker, 1858
- Subspecies Dasychone argus capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Branchiomma capense (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination as a rank downgrade)
- Subspecies Dasychone argus chefinae McIntosh, 1925 accepted as Branchiomma nigromaculatum (Baird, 1865) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sars, M. (1862). Foredrag om de ved Norges Kyster forekommende Arter af den Linnéiske Annelideslægt Sabella. <em>Forhandliger I Videnskabs Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1861: 116-133. [details] 
Type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Norway
type locality contained in Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Norway [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Dasychone argus Sars, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339880 on 2025-12-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, M. (1862). Foredrag om de ved Norges Kyster forekommende Arter af den Linnéiske Annelideslægt Sabella. <em>Forhandliger I Videnskabs Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1861: 116-133. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
McIntosh, W.C. 1923. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta, Sabellidae to Serpulidae. With additions to the British marine Polychaeta during the publication of the monograph. Ray Society of London, 4(2): 251-538.
page(s): 273; note: genus diagnosis, and a lengthy description of Dayschone argus [details]
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. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 273; note: genus diagnosis, and a lengthy description of Dayschone argus [details]
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. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 403-404, plate XXVIII fig. 89 [details]
page(s): 403-404, plate XXVIII fig. 89 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
