Myrianida pachycera Annelids-Polychaetes

Myrianida pachycera is commonly referred to as Annelids-Polychaetes. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Robin Gwen Agarwal, USA

Myrianida pachycera,San Diego County, California 2026

Collected under permit as part of the California Intertidal Diversity DNA Barcode Project.
Courtesy of the author Robin Gwen Agarwal, USA Robin Gwen Agarwal (ANudibranchMom on iNaturalist). Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:: 18446
AphiaID:: 334043

Scientific:: Myrianida pachycera
German:: Syllid Borstenwurm
English:: Annelids-Polychaetes

Category:: Wormen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Syllidae (Family) > Myrianida (Genus) > pachycera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Augener, ), 1913

Occurrence:: Australia, California, Florida, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Invasive Species, USA
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Lagoons, Port facilities, Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Ship Hulls, Unconsolidated muddy grounds
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Myrianida antondohrni
Myrianida arborea
Myrianida australiensis
Myrianida brachycephala
Myrianida brevicirrata
Myrianida brevipes
Myrianida cognettii
Myrianida convoluta
Myrianida dentalia
Myrianida edwarsi
Myrianida flava
Myrianida gidholmi
Myrianida hesperidium
Myrianida inermis
Myrianida irregularis
Myrianida juventudensis
Myrianida langerhansi
Myrianida longoprimicirrata
Myrianida mediterranea
Myrianida multidenticulata
Myrianida pachycera
Syllid Borstenwurm
Myrianida pentadentata
Myrianida phyllocera
Myrianida pinnigera
Myrianida prolifera
Myrianida puladilaw
Myrianida pulchella
Myrianida quindecimdentata
Myrianida rangiroaensis
Myrianida rodosensis
Myrianida rubropunctata
Myrianida sanmartini
Myrianida spinoculata
Myrianida tereseta
Myrianida tyrrhenica

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2026-06-30 15:38:48
Last edit:: 2026-06-30 15:38:48

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Myrianida pachycera (Augener, 1913)

Synonymised names
Autolytus pachycerus Augener, 1913 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Autolytus purpureimaculata Okada, 1933 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Myrianida crassicirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Myrianida pachychera [auct.] · unaccepted (misspelling of 'pachycera')

External links

Flickr (en). Abgerufen am 30.06.2026.
Nemesis (en). Abgerufen am 30.06.2026.
reabic.net/journals (en). Abgerufen am 30.06.2026.
researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 30.06.2026.

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Myrianida pachycera,Mission Bay, San Diego, CA, USA 2026

Myrianida pachycera,San Diego County, California 2026

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