Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis > Family Polygordiidae

Polygordius Schneider, 1868

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Linotrypane*	McIntosh, 1875	synonym

Children

Polygordius appendiculatus Fraipont, 1887
Polygordius erythrophthalmus (Giard, 1880)
Polygordius lacteus Schneider, 1868
Polygordius neapolitanus Fraipont, 1887
Polygordius triestinus Woltereck in Hempelmann, 1906
Polygordius villoti Perrier, 1875

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イイジマムカシゴカイ属

Literature

original description	Schneider, A. (1868). Ueber Bau und Entwicklung von Polygordius. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin. [1868]: 51-60, plate II-III.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
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	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.
taxonomy source	Tustison, Chrissy; Ramey-Balci, Patricia A.; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). More Knot Worms: Four New Polygordius (Annelida) Species from the Pacific and Caribbean. Diversity. 12(4): 146, 1-25.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polygordius Schneider, 1868. 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:129472