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Bylgides
Sign in to saveBylgides is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus contains nine species, all found in the Northern Hemisphere and from shallow inshore waters to depths of about 5000 m.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderPhyllodocida
- FamilyPolynoidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Polynoidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Canada, United States, Norway, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polynoidae
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- taxon name
- Bylgides
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Bylgides
- taxon author citation
- Chamberlin, 1919
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Encyclopedic overview
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Bylgides is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus contains nine species, all found in the Northern Hemisphere and from shallow inshore waters to depths of about 5000 m.
== Description == Body short, 39 segments, 16 pairs of elytra. Anterior margin of prostomium with a pair of acute anterior peaks. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Palps, antennae, dorsal and ventral cirri with papillae. Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Unidentate and bidentate neurochaetae present.
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