MSBIAS taxon details
Megadrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868)
883656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883656)
accepted
Species
Protodrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
marine
recent only
(of ) Schneider, A. (1868). Ueber Bau und Entwicklung von Polygordius. <em>Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin.</em> [1868]: 51-60, plate II-III., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35507445
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Megadrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883656 on 2026-03-04
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Megadrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883656 on 2026-03-04
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original description
(of ) Schneider, A. (1868). Ueber Bau und Entwicklung von Polygordius. <em>Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin.</em> [1868]: 51-60, plate II-III., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35507445
page(s): 56 [details]
new combination reference Martínez, Alejandro; Di Domenico, Maikon; Rouse, Greg W.; Worsaae, Katrine. (2015). Phylogeny and systematics of Protodrilidae (Annelida) inferred with total evidence analyses. <em>Cladistics.</em> 31(3): 250–276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12089
page(s): 270 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
new combination reference Martínez, Alejandro; Di Domenico, Maikon; Rouse, Greg W.; Worsaae, Katrine. (2015). Phylogeny and systematics of Protodrilidae (Annelida) inferred with total evidence analyses. <em>Cladistics.</em> 31(3): 250–276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12089
page(s): 270 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Protodrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protodrilus purpureus) (from synonym Protodrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Protodrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868))
To PESI (from synonym Protodrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098013)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protodrilus purpureus) (from synonym Protodrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Protodrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868))
To PESI (from synonym Protodrilus purpureus (Schneider, 1868))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098013)
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