BeRMS taxon details
Bylgides Chamberlin, 1919
129483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129483)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 37, 40.; note: The genus Bylgides was originally named Bylgia by Théel. However this name was preoccupied and so in this publication Chamberlin established the new name. [details]
page(s): 37, 40.; note: The genus Bylgides was originally named Bylgia by Théel. However this name was preoccupied and so in this publication Chamberlin established the new name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Bylgides Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129483 on 2026-05-06
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Bylgides Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129483 on 2026-05-06
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original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 37, 40.; note: The genus Bylgides was originally named Bylgia by Théel. However this name was preoccupied and so in this publication Chamberlin established the new name. [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
identification resource Pettibone, Marian H. (1993). Revision of some species referred to Antinoe, Antinoella, Antinoana, Bylgides, and Harmothoe (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Harmothoinae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 545: 1-41., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5681
page(s): 3-4; note: diagnosis and key to species [details] Available for editors
identification resource Ogawa, Namy; Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2025). New species of scale worms of the genus Bylgides (Annelida: Polynoidae) and Pholoe (Annelida: Sigalionidae) from the Brazilian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5719(2): 243-264., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5719.2.4
page(s): 245-246; note: Key to species [details] Available for editors
page(s): 37, 40.; note: The genus Bylgides was originally named Bylgia by Théel. However this name was preoccupied and so in this publication Chamberlin established the new name. [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
identification resource Pettibone, Marian H. (1993). Revision of some species referred to Antinoe, Antinoella, Antinoana, Bylgides, and Harmothoe (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Harmothoinae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 545: 1-41., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5681
page(s): 3-4; note: diagnosis and key to species [details] Available for editors
identification resource Ogawa, Namy; Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2025). New species of scale worms of the genus Bylgides (Annelida: Polynoidae) and Pholoe (Annelida: Sigalionidae) from the Brazilian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5719(2): 243-264., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5719.2.4
page(s): 245-246; note: Key to species [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
