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Leipoceras Möbius, 1874

325861  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325861)

 unaccepted (subjective synonymy of the type species)
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  1. Species Leipoceras uviferum Möbius, 1874 accepted as Dipolydora coeca (Örsted, 1843) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Möbius, Karl. (1874). Mollusca, Vermes and Coelenterata of the Second German North-Polar Expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 4) 13:196-204, pl.XI., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342584
page(s): 200; note: An abridged translation of the German original [details]   

Möbius, Karl. (1874). Mollusken, Würmer, Echinodermen und Coelenteraten. <em>Die zweite deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870 unter Führung des Käpitans Karl Koldewey. Herausgegeben von den Verein fuer di deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in Bremen.</em> Vol. 2 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse, Leipzig. Brockhaus. pp. 246-261 (Polychaeta pp.253-257)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13186346
page(s): 254 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Etymology Leipoceras is composed by the Greek words leipo, meaning 'absent' or 'missing', and ceras, meaning 'horn', and refers...  
Etymology Leipoceras is composed by the Greek words leipo, meaning 'absent' or 'missing', and ceras, meaning 'horn', and refers presumably to the absence of head tentacles and tentacular cirri: "Kopf ohne Fühler und Fühlercirren" (Möbius, 1874: 254). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Leipoceras Möbius, 1874. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325861 on 2024-03-28
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original description Möbius, Karl. (1874). Mollusca, Vermes and Coelenterata of the Second German North-Polar Expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 4) 13:196-204, pl.XI., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342584
page(s): 200; note: An abridged translation of the German original [details]   

original description Möbius, Karl. (1874). Mollusken, Würmer, Echinodermen und Coelenteraten. <em>Die zweite deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870 unter Führung des Käpitans Karl Koldewey. Herausgegeben von den Verein fuer di deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in Bremen.</em> Vol. 2 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse, Leipzig. Brockhaus. pp. 246-261 (Polychaeta pp.253-257)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13186346
page(s): 254 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Möbius, Karl. (1874). Mollusca, Vermes and Coelenterata of the Second German North-Polar Expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 4) 13:196-204, pl.XI., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24342584 [details]   

status source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf
page(s): 52; note: Fauvel placed L. uviferum under Polydora coeca (as 'caeca') [details]   
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Möbius (1874: 254): "Kopf ohne Fühler und Fühlercirren. Das fünfte Körpersegment ist länger als die vorhergehenden und nachfolgenden und enthält jederseits eine kammförmige Reihe dicker Borsten. [...] Kiemen zungenförmig, beiderseits auf dem Rücken der Segmente." [details]

Etymology Leipoceras is composed by the Greek words leipo, meaning 'absent' or 'missing', and ceras, meaning 'horn', and refers presumably to the absence of head tentacles and tentacular cirri: "Kopf ohne Fühler und Fühlercirren" (Möbius, 1874: 254). [details]

Synonymy Fauvel placed L. uviferum under Polydora coeca (Örsted, 1843) (as 'caeca'). As Leipoceras is monotypic the genus name becomes effectively a synonym of Dipolydora currently, although Leipoceras is an older genus name, because the type species of the genus is invalid as a junior subjective synonym of a much older species. If this was not the situation Leipoceras might in any case be a disused name. Probably (not checked) this synonymy had been identified earlier than Fauvel 1927. [details]