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Lepidametria gigas (Johnson, 1897)

340513  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340513)

 unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polynoe gigas Johnson, 1897) Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 172-175, plate VII figs. 33, 42, 42a, plate VIII figs. 48, 48a, 48b, 49; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomy Moved to different genus  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidametria gigas (Johnson, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340513 on 2025-06-30
Date
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Polynoe gigas Johnson, 1897) Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 172-175, plate VII figs. 33, 42, 42a, plate VIII figs. 48, 48a, 48b, 49; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Hartman, O. (1939). Polychaetous annelids. Part I. Aphroditidae to Pisionidae. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 7(1): 1-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27822254 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]