MSBIAS taxon details
Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841
130460 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130460)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. <em>Batteli & Co., Naples.</em> Parts 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary
page(s): 97-98 [volume III] [details]
page(s): 97-98 [volume III] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841. 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=130460 on 2026-02-19
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. Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130460 on 2026-02-19
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Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. <em>Batteli & Co., Naples.</em> Parts 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary
page(s): 97-98 [volume III] [details]
taxonomy source Elgetany, Asmaa H.; van Rensburg, Hendré; Hektoen, Martin; Matthee, Conrad; Budaeva, Nataliya; Simon, Carol A. & Struck, Torsten H. (2020). Species delineation in the speciation grey zone—The case of Diopatra (Annelida, Onuphidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 49(4): 516-534., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12421
note: examining exhaustively whether the Australian Diopatra aciculata is a junior synonym of D. neapolitana [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [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 Day, John H.; Morgans, J.F.C. (1956). The Ecology of South African estuaries. Part 7. The Biology of Durban Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 13(3): 259-312, plate IV. [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905 [details]
additional source Ehlers, E. H. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. <em>Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 2: 269-748, plates XII-XXIV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985162 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1933). Annélides polychètes du Golfe du Pei Tcheu Ly de la collection du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho. Récoltées par le R.P. Leroy, S.J. et le R.P. Licent S.J. <em>Publications du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho de Tien Tsin.</em> 15: 1-67.
page(s): 28-37, figs. 3a-k, 4a-d [details]
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, Kristian; Berke, Sarah Kosting; Woodin, Sarah Ann. (2012). <i>Diopatra</i> (Onuphidae: Polychaeta) from intertidal sediments in southwestern Europe. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3395(1): 47-58., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3395.1.5
page(s): 54-57, 57 [key], plate 3 figs. a-h [details] Available for editors
additional source Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. <em>Batteli & Co., Naples.</em> Parts 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary
page(s): 104 [volume V] [details]
source of synonymy Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1961). Annelida Polychaeta of Tambalagam Lake, Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 4(1): 1-40., available online at http://dl.nsf.gov.lk/handle/1/7600 [details] Available for editors
redescription Dagli, Ertan; Egen, Zeki; and Cinar, Melih E. 2005. One-year observation on the population structure of Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) in Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean). Marine Ecology, 26(3-4):265-272., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00055.x [details]
redescription Arias, Andrés; Paxton, Hannelore; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2016). Redescription and biology of Diopatra neapolitana (Annelida: Onuphidae), a protandric hermaphrodite with external spermaducal papillae. <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 174: 1-17., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272771416300658
page(s): 3; note: redescription and neotype [details]
page(s): 97-98 [volume III] [details]
taxonomy source Elgetany, Asmaa H.; van Rensburg, Hendré; Hektoen, Martin; Matthee, Conrad; Budaeva, Nataliya; Simon, Carol A. & Struck, Torsten H. (2020). Species delineation in the speciation grey zone—The case of Diopatra (Annelida, Onuphidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 49(4): 516-534., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zsc.12421
note: examining exhaustively whether the Australian Diopatra aciculata is a junior synonym of D. neapolitana [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [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 Day, John H.; Morgans, J.F.C. (1956). The Ecology of South African estuaries. Part 7. The Biology of Durban Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 13(3): 259-312, plate IV. [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Claparède, É. (1868). Les annélides chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 19(2): 313-584, plates I-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14309905 [details]
additional source Ehlers, E. H. (1868). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. <em>Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 2: 269-748, plates XII-XXIV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985162 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1933). Annélides polychètes du Golfe du Pei Tcheu Ly de la collection du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho. Récoltées par le R.P. Leroy, S.J. et le R.P. Licent S.J. <em>Publications du Musée Hoang ho Pai ho de Tien Tsin.</em> 15: 1-67.
page(s): 28-37, figs. 3a-k, 4a-d [details]
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, Kristian; Berke, Sarah Kosting; Woodin, Sarah Ann. (2012). <i>Diopatra</i> (Onuphidae: Polychaeta) from intertidal sediments in southwestern Europe. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3395(1): 47-58., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3395.1.5
page(s): 54-57, 57 [key], plate 3 figs. a-h [details] Available for editors
additional source Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. <em>Batteli & Co., Naples.</em> Parts 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary
page(s): 104 [volume V] [details]
source of synonymy Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1961). Annelida Polychaeta of Tambalagam Lake, Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 4(1): 1-40., available online at http://dl.nsf.gov.lk/handle/1/7600 [details] Available for editors
redescription Dagli, Ertan; Egen, Zeki; and Cinar, Melih E. 2005. One-year observation on the population structure of Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) in Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean). Marine Ecology, 26(3-4):265-272., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00055.x [details]
redescription Arias, Andrés; Paxton, Hannelore; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2016). Redescription and biology of Diopatra neapolitana (Annelida: Onuphidae), a protandric hermaphrodite with external spermaducal papillae. <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 174: 1-17., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272771416300658
page(s): 3; note: redescription and neotype [details]
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