WoRMS taxon details
Arctonoe fragilis (Baird, 1863)
333029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333029)
accepted
Species
Halosydna fragilis (Baird, 1863) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Lepidonotus fragilis Baird, 1863 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Polynoe fragilis (Baird, 1863) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lepidonotus fragilis Baird, 1863) Baird, William. (1863). Descriptions of several new species of worms belonging to the Annelida Errantia and Sedentaria or Tubicola of Milne Edwards. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (year 1863): 106-110., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681418
page(s): 108; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 108; note: no figures [details]
Type locality contained in Vancouver Island
type locality contained in Vancouver Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Arctonoe fragilis (Baird, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333029 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lepidonotus fragilis Baird, 1863) Baird, William. (1863). Descriptions of several new species of worms belonging to the Annelida Errantia and Sedentaria or Tubicola of Milne Edwards. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (year 1863): 106-110., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681418
page(s): 108; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 108; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
redescription
Ruff, R. Eugene. (1995). Family Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867. 105-166. IN: Blake, James A., Hilbig, Brigitte, and Scott, Paul H. (Ed.). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara. [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 9-12, figs. 4A-F, 5A-F [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 9-12, figs. 4A-F, 5A-F [details] Available for editors






To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Lepidonotus fragilis Baird, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arctonoe fragilis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (51 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Lepidonotus fragilis Baird, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arctonoe fragilis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (51 records)
To ITIS