WoRMS name details
Leptochaetopterus Berkeley, 1927
326189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326189)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Leptochaetopterus pottsi Berkeley, 1927 accepted as Spiochaetopterus costarum (Claparède, 1869) (type by monotypy)
- Species Leptochaetopterus pottsi Berkeley, 1927 accepted as Spiochaetopterus costarum (Claparède, 1869) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Berkeley, Edith. (1927). A new genus of Chaetopteridae from the northeast Pacific with some remarks on allied genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 97(2): 441-445., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02270.x
page(s): 441 [details]
page(s): 441 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Leptochaetopterus Berkeley, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326189 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Berkeley, Edith. (1927). A new genus of Chaetopteridae from the northeast Pacific with some remarks on allied genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 97(2): 441-445., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02270.x
page(s): 441 [details]
page(s): 441 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Gitay, Asher. (1969). A contribution to the revision of <i>Spiochaetopterus</i> (Chaetopteridae, Polychaeta). <em>Sarsia.</em> 37: 9-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1969.10411142
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1052-1053; note: synonym with Telepsavus [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1052-1053; note: synonym with Telepsavus [details] Available for editors
[request]