Nomenclature
original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 396, 402 [details]
basis of record
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
Other
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Further updating pending. Fide Salazar-Vallejo (2012:5) "There are several species that have been previously placed in Ilyphagus but belong elsewhere. Thus, I. antarcticus Hartman, 1978, I. ilyvestis Hartman, 1960 and I. minutus Amoureux, 1986 belong in Bradabyssa, I. caudatus Rioja, 1963 belongs in Therochaeta Chamberlin, 1919, and I. octobranchus Hartman, 1965 belongs in Diplocirrus Haase, 1915 as emphasized elsewhere (Day 1973, Salazar-Vallejo et al. 2008, Salazar- Vallejo and Buzhinskaja 2011). [details]