WoRMS taxon details
Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879
129236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129236)
accepted
Genus
Dysponetus pygmaeus Levinsen, 1879 (type by monotypy)
Taphus Webster & Benedict, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Dysponetus antarcticus Darbyshire & Brewin, 2015
- Species Dysponetus bidentatus Day, 1954
- Species Dysponetus bipapillatus Dahlgren, 1996
- Species Dysponetus bricklei Darbyshire & Brewin, 2015
- Species Dysponetus bulbosus Hartmann-Schröder, 1982
- Species Dysponetus caecus (Langerhans, 1880)
- Species Dysponetus gracilis Hartman, 1965
- Species Dysponetus hebes (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
- Species Dysponetus hesionides Böggeman, 2009
- Species Dysponetus joeli Olivier, Lana, Oliveira & Worsfold, 2012
- Species Dysponetus macroculatus Dahlgren, 1996
- Species Dysponetus ovalisetosus Darbyshire & Brewin, 2015
- Species Dysponetus paleophorus Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
- Species Dysponetus populonectens Pleijel, Aguado & Rouse, 2012
- Species Dysponetus profundus Böggemann, 2009
- Species Dysponetus pygmaeus Levinsen, 1879
- Species Dysponetus palaeophorus [auct. lapsus] accepted as Dysponetus paleophorus Hartmann-Schröder, 1974 (misspelling of 'paleophorus')
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1879). Om to nye Slaegter af arctiske chaetopode Annelider. <em>Videnskabelige meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 1879-80:9-18, Plate 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35806955
page(s): 9-10, 17-18 [Latin diagnosis] [details]
page(s): 9-10, 17-18 [Latin diagnosis] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129236 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1879). Om to nye Slaegter af arctiske chaetopode Annelider. <em>Videnskabelige meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske forening i Kjöbenhavn.</em> 1879-80:9-18, Plate 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35806955
page(s): 9-10, 17-18 [Latin diagnosis] [details]
original description (of Taphus Webster & Benedict, 1887) Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 716 [details]
page(s): 9-10, 17-18 [Latin diagnosis] [details]
original description (of Taphus Webster & Benedict, 1887) Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 716 [details]
Other
additional source
Dahlgren, T.G. 1996. Two new species of Dysponetus (Polychaeta: Chrysopetalidae) from Italy and Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109(3): 575-585., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645182 [details]
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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Dysponetus species are small fragile and easily overlooked in normal handling of samples. They are characterized by circular notosetae, mouth appendage, single pygidial projection, and accessory simple neurosetae. [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
