Deep-Sea taxon details
Lepidasthenia maculata Potts, 1910
130797 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130797)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 344, plate 20 figure 33, plate 21 figure 51 [details]
page(s): 344, plate 20 figure 33, plate 21 figure 51 [details]
Holotype BM, geounit Zanzibar
Holotype BM, geounit Zanzibar [details]
Distribution Due to confusion with L. brunnea Day, 1960 all records in the ERMS area are doubtful (cf. Barnich & Fiege 2003)
Distribution Distribution: Zanzibar, Marocco, Azores (Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
Distribution Due to confusion with L. brunnea Day, 1960 all records in the ERMS area are doubtful (cf. Barnich & Fiege 2003) [details]
Distribution Distribution: Zanzibar, Marocco, Azores (Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
Distribution Distribution: Zanzibar, Marocco, Azores (Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidasthenia maculata Potts, 1910. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130797 on 2026-10-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lepidasthenia maculata Potts, 1910. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130797 on 2026-10-10
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Potts, F.A. (1910). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part II. The Palmyridae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae and Sigalionidae. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology.</em> 13(2): 325-353, plates 18-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399262
page(s): 344, plate 20 figure 33, plate 21 figure 51 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 de Silva, P H D H. (1961). Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 29(2): 164-194.
page(s): 167-168 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
page(s): 344, plate 20 figure 33, plate 21 figure 51 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 de Silva, P H D H. (1961). Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 29(2): 164-194.
page(s): 167-168 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BM, geounit Zanzibar [details]
