MSBIAS taxon details
Clymenura Verrill, 1900
129346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129346)
accepted
Genus
Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Clymenura borealis (Arwidsson, 1906)
- Species Clymenura lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885)
- Subgenus Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 accepted as Clymenura Verrill, 1900 (subjective synonym)
- Species Clymenura (Cephalata) lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885) accepted as Clymenura lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885) (invalid subgenus)
- Species Clymenura clypeata (Saint-Joseph, 1894) accepted as Leiochone leiopygos (Grube, 1860) (subjective synonym, superseded recombination)
- Species Clymenura johnstoni (McIntosh, 1915) accepted as Leiochone johnstoni McIntosh, 1915 (superseded recombination)
- Species Clymenura leiopygos (Grube, 1860) accepted as Leiochone leiopygos (Grube, 1860) (superseded recombination)
- Species Clymenura tenuis (Day, 1957) accepted as Leiochone tenuis Day, 1957 (superseded recombination)
- Species Clymenura tricirrata (Arwidsson, 1906) accepted as Microclymene tricirrata Arwidsson, 1906 (informal recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Clymenura Verrill, 1900. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129346 on 2026-09-05
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Clymenura Verrill, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129346 on 2026-09-05
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Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982) Imajima, M.; Shiraki, Y. (1982). Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part 1. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 8(1): 1-46., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311971/en
page(s): 15 [details]
basis of record 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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
status source Imajima, M.; Shiraki, Y. (1982). Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part 1. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 8(1): 1-46., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311971/en
page(s): 12 [details]
status source Read, Geoffrey B. (2011). A new Clymenura (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from the intertidal of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, with a reassessment of Leiochone Grube, 1868 and Clymenura Verrill, 1900. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2934: 39-52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2934.html [details]
page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982) Imajima, M.; Shiraki, Y. (1982). Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part 1. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 8(1): 1-46., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311971/en
page(s): 15 [details]
basis of record 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 Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
status source Imajima, M.; Shiraki, Y. (1982). Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part 1. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 8(1): 1-46., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311971/en
page(s): 12 [details]
status source Read, Geoffrey B. (2011). A new Clymenura (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from the intertidal of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, with a reassessment of Leiochone Grube, 1868 and Clymenura Verrill, 1900. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2934: 39-52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2934.html [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
