Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Pilargidae > Subfamily Pilarginae

Pilargis Saint-Joseph, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pilargis papillata Rasmussen, 1973
Pilargis verrucosa Saint-Joseph, 1899

Literature

original description	Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1899). Note sur une nouvelle famille d'Annélides Polychètes. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 5: 41-42.
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix.
additional source	Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1899). Annélides polychètes de la rade de Brest et de Paimpol. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Série 8. 10: 161-194, plate VI.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Salazar‐Vallejo, S.I.; Harris, L.H. (2006). Revision of Pilargis de Saint‐Joseph, 1899 (Annelida, Polychaeta, Pilargidae). Journal of Natural History. 40(3-4): 119-159.
redescription	Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1899). Annélides polychètes de la rade de Brest et de Paimpol. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Série 8. 10: 161-194, plate VI.
identification resource	Rasmussen, K.J.F. (1973). A new species of Pilargis (Polychaeta Pilargidae) from the deep soft sediments of Fensfjorden, Western Norway. Sarsia. 53: 19-24.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pilargis Saint-Joseph, 1899. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129466