Deep-Sea taxon details
Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
129398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129398)
accepted
Genus
- Species Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)
- Species Diopatra rugosa (Kucheruk, 1979)
- Species Diopatra brevibrachiata Ehlers, 1874 accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) (superseded original combination)
- Subgenus Diopatra (Paradiopatra) Ehlers, 1887 represented as Paradiopatra Ehlers, 1887 (disused at subgenus rank)
- Species Diopatra (Paradiopatra) glutinatrix Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Anchinothria glutinatrix (Ehlers, 1887) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
Etymology Diopatra is a mythological naiad (female) of Mount Othrys, Central Greece. Wikipedia gives a fine short summary of her...
Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but...
Etymology Diopatra is a mythological naiad (female) of Mount Othrys, Central Greece. Wikipedia gives a fine short summary of her genealogy. "In Greek mythology, Diopatra (Ancient Greek: Διοπατρη Diopatrê) was a naiad of Mount Othrys and one of the Spercheides. She was the daughter of the river-god Spercheus and the naiad Deino. When the god Poseidon fell in love with Diopatre, the god transformed her sisters into poplars in order to ravish the girl. Diopatra's name means "divine family" which came from dion and patra." [details]
Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but...
Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but hasn't been reported since. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129398 on 2026-08-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129398 on 2026-08-31
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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): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
taxonomy source Hektoen, Martin M.;Willassen, Endre; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2022). Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of Diopatra (Onuphidae, Annelida) in the East Atlantic. <em>Biology.</em> 11(2)(327):1-25., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/2/327
note: Molecularly identified new taxa, but they are not named [details] Available for editors
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 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 Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Budaeva, N.; Fauchald, K. (2011). Phylogeny of the <i>Diopatra</i> generic complex with a revision of <i>Paradiopatra</i> Ehlres [sic], 1887 (Polychaeta: Onuphidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 163(2), 319-436., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00701.x [details]
ecology source Bharathidasan, Veeraiyan; Borisanova, Anastasia O.; Sarathy, Palanivel Partha; Murugesan, Perumal. (2022). New entoproct-polychaete association recorded in the Bay of Bengal, southeastern coast of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5100(4): 482-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.4.2
note: Entoprocts on unidentified Diopatra species. List of Loxosomella species reported from Polychaetes [details] Available for editors
biology source Arias, Andrés; Woodin, Sarah A.; Paxton, Hannelore. (2023). An Introduction to Diopatra, the Amazing Ecosystem Engineering Polychaete. <em>Biology.</em> 12(7: 1027): 1-20., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/7/1027 [details]
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
taxonomy source Hektoen, Martin M.;Willassen, Endre; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2022). Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of Diopatra (Onuphidae, Annelida) in the East Atlantic. <em>Biology.</em> 11(2)(327):1-25., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/2/327
note: Molecularly identified new taxa, but they are not named [details] Available for editors
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 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 Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy Budaeva, N.; Fauchald, K. (2011). Phylogeny of the <i>Diopatra</i> generic complex with a revision of <i>Paradiopatra</i> Ehlres [sic], 1887 (Polychaeta: Onuphidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 163(2), 319-436., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00701.x [details]
ecology source Bharathidasan, Veeraiyan; Borisanova, Anastasia O.; Sarathy, Palanivel Partha; Murugesan, Perumal. (2022). New entoproct-polychaete association recorded in the Bay of Bengal, southeastern coast of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5100(4): 482-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.4.2
note: Entoprocts on unidentified Diopatra species. List of Loxosomella species reported from Polychaetes [details] Available for editors
biology source Arias, Andrés; Woodin, Sarah A.; Paxton, Hannelore. (2023). An Introduction to Diopatra, the Amazing Ecosystem Engineering Polychaete. <em>Biology.</em> 12(7: 1027): 1-20., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/7/1027 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Diopatra is a mythological naiad (female) of Mount Othrys, Central Greece. Wikipedia gives a fine short summary of her genealogy. "In Greek mythology, Diopatra (Ancient Greek: Διοπατρη Diopatrê) was a naiad of Mount Othrys and one of the Spercheides. She was the daughter of the river-god Spercheus and the naiad Deino. When the god Poseidon fell in love with Diopatre, the god transformed her sisters into poplars in order to ravish the girl. Diopatra's name means "divine family" which came from dion and patra." [details]Grammatical gender Feminine. Named for a mythological naiad (female) of Mount Othrys, Central Greece. Almost all the numerous authors of Diopatra species adjectival names have had no difficulty determining the genus is feminine. There is the exception of "Diopatra pectiniconicum" [Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020] which ends in a masculine noun (conus) given an inexplicable apparent neuter ending, and the construction must therefore be treated as an unvarying noun in apposition. [details]
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Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but hasn't been reported since. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diopatra)
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098057)
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098057)
To ITIS
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