WoRMS taxon details
Lysidice Lamarck, 1818
129280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129280)
accepted
Genus
Lysidice ninetta Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (type by subsequent designation)
Blainvillea Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Bleinvillea [auct. misspelling for Blainvillea] · unaccepted (misspelling of Blainvillea)
Lycidice [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of 'Lysidice')
Lysidia [auctt. misspelling] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of 'Lysidice')
Nematonereis Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Nereidice Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice adrianae Carrera-Parra, Fauchald & Gambi, 2011
- Species Lysidice advena Putignano, Langeneck & Toso in Putignano et al. 2026
- Species Lysidice americana Verrill, 1873
- Species Lysidice annulicornis (Ehlers, 1868)
- Species Lysidice boholensis Grube, 1878
- Species Lysidice caribensis Carrera-Parra, Fauchald & Gambi, 2011
- Species Lysidice carriebowensis Carrera-Parra, Fauchald & Gambi, 2011
- Species Lysidice collaris Grube, 1868
- Species Lysidice elongata (Quatrefages, 1866)
- Species Lysidice filum (Quatrefages, 1866)
- Species Lysidice galathina Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
- Species Lysidice hebes (Verrill, 1900)
- Species Lysidice kuekenthali Fischli, 1900
- Species Lysidice natalensis Kinberg, 1865
- Species Lysidice ninetta Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833
- Species Lysidice notata Ehlers, 1887
- Species Lysidice oculata (Ehlers, 1868)
- Species Lysidice oele Horst, 1902
- Species Lysidice olympia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
- Species Lysidice pectinifera (Quatrefages, 1866)
- Species Lysidice perrieri Rochebrune, 1882
- Species Lysidice phyllisae Carrera-Parra, Fauchald & Gambi, 2011
- Species Lysidice punctata Grube, 1855
- Species Lysidice robusta Stimpson, 1855
- Species Lysidice rufa Gosse, 1853
- Species Lysidice schmardae (McIntosh, 1885)
- Species Lysidice thalassicola Carrera-Parra, Fauchald & Gambi, 2011
- Species Lysidice torquata Quatrefages, 1850
- Species Lysidice tortugae Treadwell, 1921
- Species Lysidice trimera Ehlers, 1901
- Species Lysidice unicornis (Grube, 1840)
- Species Lysidice valentina Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
- Species Lysidice communis Delle Chiaje, 1841 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable; fide Pettibone, 1969: 10)
- Species Lysidice multicirrata Claparède, 1863 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Lysidice torquata Costa, 1862 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unreplaced junior primary homonym to Lycastis torquata Quatrefages, 1850)
- Species Lysidice atra Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Lysidice natalensis Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice bilobata Verrill, 1900 accepted as Lysidice ninetta Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice brachycera Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Lysidice ninetta Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice capensis Grube, 1867 accepted as Lysidice natalensis Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice fallax Ehlers, 1899 accepted as Lysidice collaris Grube, 1868 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice fusca Treadwell, 1922 accepted as Lysidice collaris Grube, 1868 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice mahagoni Claparède, 1864 accepted as Lysidice ninetta Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice margaritacea Claparède, 1868 accepted as Lysidice ninetta Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice palola Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice parthenopoeia (Delle Chiaje, 1828) accepted as Halla parthenopeia (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Lysidice parva Treadwell, 1922 accepted as Lysidice collaris Grube, 1868 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lysidice sulcata Treadwell, 1901 accepted as Lysidice collaris Grube, 1868 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 324 [details]
page(s): 324 [details]
Note The three species originally included in...
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Type species The three species originally included in Lysidice, namely Lysidice galathina Lamarck, 1818, Lysidice olympia Lamarck, 1818, Lysidice valentina Lamarck, 1818 were said to be indeterminable by Hartman (1959:319) in her catalogue. She listed Lysidice ninetta Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 as the type species, but this is not possible according to the Code as it is not in the original set of species. It is not clear if this designation existed earlier prior to the Hartman Catalogue. Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 themselves have no trouble describing two of Lamarck's species. Lysidice ninetta Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833, in the same work, appears to be the first additional species described after Lamarck's and Savigny's original descriptions. Modern authors have not challenged Lysidice ninetta as type species, although it is clear from the ICZN Code that it is not eligible to be the type species (Article 67.2 etc). [details]Unreviewed
Type species Type species Lysidice ninetta Audouin and Milne Edwards 1833 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lysidice Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129280 on 2026-09-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 324 [details]
original description (of Nereidice Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 474-475 [details]
original description (of Blainvillea Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 370 [details]
original description (of Nematonereis Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 324 [details]
original description (of Nereidice Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 474-475 [details]
original description (of Blainvillea Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 370 [details]
original description (of Nematonereis Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 119 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
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): 237; note: descriptions of Lamarck's 1818 species and adding Lysidice ninetta and Lysidice parthenopeia (Delle Chiaje) [details]
taxonomy source Carrera-Parra, Luis Fernando; Fauchald, Kristian; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2011). Revision of the taxonomic status of <i>Lysidice</i> (Polychaeta, Eunicidae) in the Western Caribbean Sea with observation on species reproductive features and habitat preference. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 78(Supplement 1): 27-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.593850 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Putignano, Matteo; Toso, Andrea; Fumarola, Lara Marastella; Dimichele, Desirèe; Bariche, Michel; Giangrande, Adriana; Musco, Luigi; Piraino, Stefano; Langeneck, Joachim. (2026). To be or not to be alien, that is the question: the case of five new polychaete species from the Levantine Sea. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 27(2): 330-356., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/42046
page(s): 334; note: extensive remarks on the validity of various Lysidice species (in connection with the description of L. advena) [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Zanol, J.; Halanych, K. M.; Fauchald, K. (2014). Reconciling taxonomy and phylogeny in the bristleworm family Eunicidae (polychaete, Annelida). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43(1), 79-100., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12034/abstract
note: Nematonereis (one antenna) is included in Lysidice partly because "Just the lack of palps and lateral antennae is not enough to characterize a genus." [details]
page(s): 237; note: descriptions of Lamarck's 1818 species and adding Lysidice ninetta and Lysidice parthenopeia (Delle Chiaje) [details]
taxonomy source Carrera-Parra, Luis Fernando; Fauchald, Kristian; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2011). Revision of the taxonomic status of <i>Lysidice</i> (Polychaeta, Eunicidae) in the Western Caribbean Sea with observation on species reproductive features and habitat preference. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 78(Supplement 1): 27-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.593850 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Putignano, Matteo; Toso, Andrea; Fumarola, Lara Marastella; Dimichele, Desirèe; Bariche, Michel; Giangrande, Adriana; Musco, Luigi; Piraino, Stefano; Langeneck, Joachim. (2026). To be or not to be alien, that is the question: the case of five new polychaete species from the Levantine Sea. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 27(2): 330-356., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/42046
page(s): 334; note: extensive remarks on the validity of various Lysidice species (in connection with the description of L. advena) [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Zanol, J.; Halanych, K. M.; Fauchald, K. (2014). Reconciling taxonomy and phylogeny in the bristleworm family Eunicidae (polychaete, Annelida). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43(1), 79-100., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12034/abstract
note: Nematonereis (one antenna) is included in Lysidice partly because "Just the lack of palps and lateral antennae is not enough to characterize a genus." [details]
Other
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 Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Authority It is clear that Lamarck copied Lysidice name choices from Savigny's MS, not regarded as published until 1822. Lamarck indicates so by the abbreviation "Sav. mss". Lamarck has also adapted from Savigny's MS text. However, this does not make Savigny an author of the descriptions within Lamarck (1818). Also it can be seen that the two texts differ considerably. [details]Type species The three species originally included in Lysidice, namely Lysidice galathina Lamarck, 1818, Lysidice olympia Lamarck, 1818, Lysidice valentina Lamarck, 1818 were said to be indeterminable by Hartman (1959:319) in her catalogue. She listed Lysidice ninetta Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 as the type species, but this is not possible according to the Code as it is not in the original set of species. It is not clear if this designation existed earlier prior to the Hartman Catalogue. Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 themselves have no trouble describing two of Lamarck's species. Lysidice ninetta Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833, in the same work, appears to be the first additional species described after Lamarck's and Savigny's original descriptions. Modern authors have not challenged Lysidice ninetta as type species, although it is clear from the ICZN Code that it is not eligible to be the type species (Article 67.2 etc). [details]
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]Type species Type species Lysidice ninetta Audouin and Milne Edwards 1833 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Blainvillea) (from synonym Blainvillea Quatrefages, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lysidice)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lysidice)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nematonereis) (from synonym Nematonereis Schmarda, 1861)
To Genbank (from synonym Nematonereis Schmarda, 1861)
To Genbank
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lysidice)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lysidice)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nematonereis) (from synonym Nematonereis Schmarda, 1861)
To Genbank (from synonym Nematonereis Schmarda, 1861)
To Genbank
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To ITIS
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