WoRMS taxon details
Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
129398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129398)
accepted
Genus
Diopatra amboinensis Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 (type by subsequent designation)
Epidiopatra Augener, 1918 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra aciculata Knox & Cameron, 1971
- Species Diopatra agave Grube, 1869
- Species Diopatra akarana Knox & Hicks, 1973
- Species Diopatra albimandibulata Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra amboinensis Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
- Species Diopatra amoena Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra angolensis Kirkegaard, 1988
- Species Diopatra baeri Grube, 1840
- Species Diopatra biscayensis Fauchald, Berke & Woodin, 2012
- Species Diopatra brasiliensis Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra budaevae Paxton & Arias, 2017
- Species Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra claparedii Grube, 1878
- Species Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)
- Species Diopatra dentata Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra denticulata Fauchald, 1968
- Species Diopatra dexiognatha Paxton & Bailey-Brock, 1986
- Species Diopatra drewinensis (Augener, 1918)
- Species Diopatra dubia Day, 1960
- Species Diopatra farallonensis Fauchald, 1968
- Species Diopatra gallardoi Paxton, 2016
- Species Diopatra gesae Paxton, 1998
- Species Diopatra gigova Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra gilchristi (Day, 1960)
- Species Diopatra hanleyi Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra hannelorae Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020
- Species Diopatra hektoeni Paxton & Arias, 2017
- Species Diopatra hupferiana (Augener, 1918)
- Species Diopatra italica Castelnau, 1842
- Species Diopatra khargiana Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
- Species Diopatra kristiani Paxton, 1998
- Species Diopatra leuckarti Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra lilliputiana Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra longicornis Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra longissima Grube, 1850
- Species Diopatra maculata Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra madeirensis Langerhans, 1880
- Species Diopatra malabarensis Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra mariae Paxton & Arias, 2017
- Species Diopatra marinae Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020
- Species Diopatra marocensis Paxton, Fadlaoui & Lechapt, 1995
- Species Diopatra mellea Paxton & Arias, 2017
- Species Diopatra mexicana De Leon-Gonzalez, 1994
- Species Diopatra micrura Pires, Paxton, Quintino & Rodrigues, 2010
- Species Diopatra monroi Day, 1960
- Species Diopatra monroviensis Augener, 1918
- Species Diopatra musseraensis Augener, 1918
- Species Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841
- Species Diopatra neotridens Hartman, 1944
- Species Diopatra nishii Paxton, 2014
- Species Diopatra obliqua Hartman, 1944
- Species Diopatra oligopectinata Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra ornata Moore, 1911
- Species Diopatra papillata Fauchald, 1968
- Species Diopatra papillosa (Day, 1967)
- Species Diopatra pectiniconicum Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020
- Species Diopatra rhizophorae Grube, 1856
- Species Diopatra rugosa (Kucheruk, 1979)
- Species Diopatra semperi Grube, 1878
- Species Diopatra splendidissima Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra sugokai Izuka, 1907
- Species Diopatra tenuissima (Grube, 1868)
- Species Diopatra tridentata Hartman, 1944
- Species Diopatra tuberculantennata Budaeva & Fauchald, 2008
- Species Diopatra uncinifera Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra variabilis Southern, 1921
- Species Diopatra victoriae Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020
- Species Diopatra viridis Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra bengalensis Hartman, 1976 accepted as Diopatra khargiana Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra bilobata Imajima, 1967 accepted as Diopatra sugokai Izuka, 1907 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra brasiliensis sensu Hansen, 1882 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802) (not a new name by Hansen, referred to Diopatra cuprea by Augener (1934))
- Species Diopatra brevibrachiata Ehlers, 1874 accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra bulohensis Tan & Chou, 1996 accepted as Diopatra claparedii Grube, 1878 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra californica Moore, 1904 accepted as Diopatra splendidissima Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1865 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866 (lapsus calami)
- Species Diopatra cryptornata Fauchald, Berke & Woodin, 2012 accepted as Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra dorsalis Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Kinbergonuphis dorsalis (Ehlers, 1897) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra fragilis Ehlers, 1869 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802) (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra frontalis Grube, 1850 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)
- Species Diopatra gallica Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra heterodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra iridicolor Costa in Claparède, 1868 accepted as Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra luzonensis Grube, 1878 accepted as Diopatra semperi Grube, 1878
- Species Diopatra magna Andrews, 1891 accepted as Americonuphis magna (Andrews, 1891) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra paradoxa Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Fauchaldonuphis paradoxa (Quatrefages, 1866) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra paucibranchis Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Paradiopatra ehlersi (McIntosh, 1885) (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra phyllocirra Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Heptaceras phyllocirra (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra pourtalesii Ehlers, 1879 accepted as Anchinothria pourtalesii (Ehlers, 1879) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra punctifera Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Diopatra cuprea punctifera Ehlers, 1908 (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra rhizoicola Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra rhizoixola Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1865 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra simplex Grube, 1840 accepted as Onuphis eremita Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra socialis Ehlers, 1874 accepted as Paradiopatra quadricuspis (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872) (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra spiribranchis Augener, 1906 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802) (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra teres Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Australonuphis teres (Ehlers, 1868) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra variegata Hansen, 1882 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802) (subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Diopatra (Paradiopatra) Ehlers, 1887 represented as Paradiopatra Ehlers, 1887 (disused at subgenus rank)
- Species Diopatra (Paradiopatra) fragosa Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Paradiopatra fragosa (Ehlers, 1887)
- Species Diopatra (Paradiopatra) glutinatrix Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Paradiopatra glutinatrix (Ehlers, 1887) accepted as Anchinothria glutinatrix (Ehlers, 1887)
- Species Diopatra brevicirris Grube, 1856 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1833). [Part 2.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> sér. 1, 28: 187-247., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6096524
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
Note Type species D. amboinensis Audouin and Milne...
From other sources
Type species Type species D. amboinensis Audouin and Milne Edwards 1833 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but...
Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but hasn't been reported since. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129398 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1833). [Part 2.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> sér. 1, 28: 187-247., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6096524
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
original description (of Epidiopatra Augener, 1918) Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 355 [details]
taxonomy source Hektoen, Martin M.;Willassen, Endre; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2022). Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of Diopatra (Onuphidae, Annelida) in the East Atlantic. <em>Biology.</em> 11(2)(327):1-25., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/2/327
note: Molecularly identified new taxa, but they are not named [details] Available for editors
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additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
source of synonymy Budaeva, N.; Fauchald, K. (2011). Phylogeny of the <i>Diopatra</i> generic complex with a revision of <i>Paradiopatra</i> Ehlres [sic], 1887 (Polychaeta: Onuphidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 163(2), 319-436., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00701.x [details]
ecology source Bharathidasan, Veeraiyan; Borisanova, Anastasia O.; Sarathy, Palanivel Partha; Murugesan, Perumal. (2022). New entoproct-polychaete association recorded in the Bay of Bengal, southeastern coast of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5100(4): 482-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.4.2
note: Entoprocts on unidentified Diopatra species. List of Loxosomella species reported from Polychaetes [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Arias, Andrés; Woodin, Sarah A.; Paxton, Hannelore. (2023). An Introduction to Diopatra, the Amazing Ecosystem Engineering Polychaete. <em>Biology.</em> 12(7: 1027): 1-20., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/7/1027 [details]
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
original description (of Epidiopatra Augener, 1918) Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 355 [details]
taxonomy source Hektoen, Martin M.;Willassen, Endre; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2022). Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of Diopatra (Onuphidae, Annelida) in the East Atlantic. <em>Biology.</em> 11(2)(327):1-25., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/2/327
note: Molecularly identified new taxa, but they are not named [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
source of synonymy Budaeva, N.; Fauchald, K. (2011). Phylogeny of the <i>Diopatra</i> generic complex with a revision of <i>Paradiopatra</i> Ehlres [sic], 1887 (Polychaeta: Onuphidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 163(2), 319-436., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00701.x [details]
ecology source Bharathidasan, Veeraiyan; Borisanova, Anastasia O.; Sarathy, Palanivel Partha; Murugesan, Perumal. (2022). New entoproct-polychaete association recorded in the Bay of Bengal, southeastern coast of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5100(4): 482-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.4.2
note: Entoprocts on unidentified Diopatra species. List of Loxosomella species reported from Polychaetes [details] Available for editors
[request] biology source Arias, Andrés; Woodin, Sarah A.; Paxton, Hannelore. (2023). An Introduction to Diopatra, the Amazing Ecosystem Engineering Polychaete. <em>Biology.</em> 12(7: 1027): 1-20., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/7/1027 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but hasn't been reported since. [details]Type species Type species D. amboinensis Audouin and Milne Edwards 1833 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
