original description
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]
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 611; note: to Protodrilus purpureus [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Helgoland, off North Sea coast of Germany [details]From other sources
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]