original descriptionMalmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 page(s): 6-7 [details]
source of synonymyMcIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949 page(s): 311 [details]
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Homonymy McIntosh replaced Dasylepis with Acanthicolepis because the name was preoccupied by a Silurian ganoid fish [details]