WoRMS taxon details
Levensteiniella Pettibone, 1985
324958 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324958)
accepted
Genus
Levensteiniella kincaidi Pettibone, 1985 (type by original designation)
- Species Levensteiniella kincaidi Pettibone, 1985
- Species Levensteiniella minutum (Pettibone, 1989)
- Species Levensteiniella okinawae (Sui & Li, 2017)
- Species Levensteiniella riftense (Pettibone, 1984)
- Species Levensteiniella intermedia Pettibone, 1990 accepted as Themis intermedia (Pettibone, 1990) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Levensteiniella iris Hourdez & Desbruyères, 2003 accepted as Themis iris (Hourdez & Desbruyères, 2003) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Levensteiniella longqiensis Han, Zhou, Chen & Wang, 2023 accepted as Themis longqiensis (Han, Zhou, Chen & Wang, 2023) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Levensteiniella manusensis Wu & Xu, 2018 accepted as Themis manusenesis (Wu & Xu, 2018) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Levensteiniella pettiboneae Han, Zhou, Chen & Wang, 2023 accepted as Themis pettiboneae (Han, Zhou, Chen & Wang, 2023) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Levensteiniella plicata Hourdez & Desbruyères, 2000 accepted as Lepidonotopodium plicata (Hourdez & Desbruyères, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Levensteiniella raisae Pettibone, 1989 accepted as Themis raisae (Pettibone, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Levensteiniella undomarginata Zhang, Chen & Qiu, 2018 accepted as Themis undomarginata (Zhang, Chen & Qiu, 2018) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Pettibone, Marian H. (1985). New genera and species of deep-sea Macellicephalinae and Harmothoinae (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the hydrothermal rift areas off the Galapagos and western Mexico at 21°N and from Santa Catalina Channel. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(3): 740-757., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34649023
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Levensteiniella Pettibone, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324958 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Pettibone, Marian H. (1985). New genera and species of deep-sea Macellicephalinae and Harmothoinae (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the hydrothermal rift areas off the Galapagos and western Mexico at 21°N and from Santa Catalina Channel. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(3): 740-757., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34649023
page(s): 740-741 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 740-741 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Hiley, A. S.; Mongiardino Koch, N.; Rouse, G. W. (2024). Phylogenetics of Lepidonotopodini (Macellicephalinae, Polynoidae, Annelida) and Comparative Mitogenomics of Shallow-Water vs. Deep-Sea Scaleworms (Aphroditiformia). <em>Biology.</em> 13(12): 979., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/13/12/979
page(s): 22; note: emended diagnosis [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Hatch, A. S.; Liew, H.; Hourdez, S.; Rouse, G. W. (2020). Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 932: 27-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.48532
page(s): 44-46; note: assignment to Lepidonotopodinae [details]
page(s): 22; note: emended diagnosis [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Hatch, A. S.; Liew, H.; Hourdez, S.; Rouse, G. W. (2020). Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 932: 27-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.48532
page(s): 44-46; note: assignment to Lepidonotopodinae [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). (2006). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18:1-544. (Copepods 316-355) (Polychaeta 183-296), available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=23702 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Wu, Xuwen; Xu, Kuidong. (2018). Levensteiniella manusensis sp. nov., a new polychaete species (Annelida: Polynoidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Manus Back-Arc Basin, Western Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4388(1): 102-110., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4388.1.7
page(s): 108-109; note: keys to all species of Levensteiniella [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]identification resource Wu, Xuwen; Xu, Kuidong. (2018). Levensteiniella manusensis sp. nov., a new polychaete species (Annelida: Polynoidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Manus Back-Arc Basin, Western Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4388(1): 102-110., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4388.1.7
page(s): 108-109; note: keys to all species of Levensteiniella [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Pettibone, Marian H. (1985). New genera and species of deep-sea Macellicephalinae and Harmothoinae (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the hydrothermal rift areas off the Galapagos and western Mexico at 21°N and from Santa Catalina Channel. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(3): 740-757., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34649023
page(s): 740-741 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
