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Polyodontidae

Polyodontidae

Schuppenwürmer(+2)·Augener, 1918

GBIF:155003014

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages.

deuSchuppenwürmerdeuengpolyodontidsengengscalewormseng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages.

deuSchuppenwürmer
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Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engpolyodontids
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Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engscaleworms
eng
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

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References(3)

  • 1

    Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII.

    original description
  • 2

    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.

    additional source
  • 3

    Pettibone, Marian H. 1989. Revision of the aphroditoid polychaetes of the family Acoetidae Kinberg (=Polyodontidae Augener) and reestablishment of Acoetes Audouin and Milne-Edwards, 1832, and Euarche Ehlers,1887. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 464: 1-138.

    source of synonymy
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    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155003014
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    3267362
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155188
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026