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Paedophylax Claparède, 1868

155199  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155199)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Syllidae (Family)
  9. Exogoninae (Subfamily)
  10. Paedophylax (Genus)
 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Paedophylax veruger Claparède, 1868 accepted as Exogone verugera (Claparède, 1868) (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Paedophylax brevicornis Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Exogone verugera (Claparède, 1868) (subjective synonym)
  2. Species Paedophylax claparedii Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Exogone claparedii (Langerhans, 1879)
  3. Species Paedophylax claviger Claparède, 1868 accepted as Exogone clavigera (Claparède, 1868) (superseded original combination)
  4. Species Paedophylax dispar Webster, 1879 accepted as Exogone dispar (Webster, 1879) (superseded original combination)
  5. Species Paedophylax hebes Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Parexogone hebes (Webster & Benedict, 1884) (superseded original combination)
  6. Species Paedophylax insignis Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Exogone insignis (Langerhans, 1879) (superseded original combination)
  7. Species Paedophylax langerhansi Czerniavsky, 1881 accepted as Exogone langerhansi (Czerniavsky, 1881) (superseded original combination)
  8. Species Paedophylax levis Bobretzky, 1870 accepted as Exogone naidina Örsted, 1845 (subjective synonym)
  9. Species Paedophylax longicirris Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Parexogone longicirris (Webster & Benedict, 1887) (superseded original combination)
  10. Species Paedophylax maderensis (Czerniavsky, 1881) accepted as Exogone maderensis (Czerniavsky, 1881)
  11. Species Paedophylax veruger Claparède, 1868 accepted as Exogone verugera (Claparède, 1868) (superseded original combination)
  12. Species Paedophylax monilicornis Langerhans, 1879 (uncertain > nomen dubium, superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905
page(s): 520 [details] 
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The name Paedophylax is composed by the prefix of Greek origin paedo-, meaning 'of a...  
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The name Paedophylax is composed by the prefix of Greek origin paedo-, meaning 'of a child' or 'relating to children', and the Greek noun phylax, meaning 'guardian' or 'protector'. It refers presumably to the parental care provided by females to embryos, carrying the fertilized eggs attached to their bodies until the juveniles are fully developed: "Il est remarquable que tous ces genres [Paedophylax, Exogone, and Exotokas], si voisins au point de vue anatomique, soient formés par des espèces portant leurs petits jusqu'à l'écloison des œufs et au delà" (Claparède, 1868: 520). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Paedophylax Claparède, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155199 on 2025-05-10
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2005-04-25 07:40:18Z
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Appeltans, Ward
2007-03-29 10:21:37Z
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Musco, Luigi
2007-05-08 09:21:04Z
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Musco, Luigi
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2019-07-04 18:24:59Z
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Gil, João

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Nomenclature

original description Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905
page(s): 520 [details] 

basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

source of synonymy San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

source of synonymy Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 299; note: with Exogone Örsted, 1845 [details] 

Other

subsequent type designation Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 129; note: Paedophylax veruger Claparède, 1868 as type species [details] 

From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Claparède (1868: 520): "Corpus longitudine 2mm, segmentis 28 (speciminibus maturis) griseum, antennis lobo cephalico multo longioribus clavatis, media etiam apicem palporum superante. Stratum pigmentosum proboscidis annulo pallido circa dimidiam partem longitudinis sito interruptum. Proventriculus brevis, doliolo forma similis, seriebus folliculorum transversis circa duodecim." [details]

Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author. The name Paedophylax is composed by the prefix of Greek origin paedo-, meaning 'of a child' or 'relating to children', and the Greek noun phylax, meaning 'guardian' or 'protector'. It refers presumably to the parental care provided by females to embryos, carrying the fertilized eggs attached to their bodies until the juveniles are fully developed: "Il est remarquable que tous ces genres [Paedophylax, Exogone, and Exotokas], si voisins au point de vue anatomique, soient formés par des espèces portant leurs petits jusqu'à l'écloison des œufs et au delà" (Claparède, 1868: 520). [details]
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