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Polychaeta taxon details

Lepidonotus Leach, 1816

129496  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129496)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Polynoidae (Family)
  9. Lepidonotinae (Subfamily)
  10. Lepidonotus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Eumolpe Oken, 1807 · unaccepted (nomen oblitum in relation to...)  
nomen oblitum in relation to Lepidonotus, nomen protectum
Lepidonote [auct. misspelling for Lepidonotus] · unaccepted (genus misspelling)
Polinoe Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (subjective synonymy of only species)
Subgenus Lepidonotus (Lepidonotus)
Subgenus Lepidonotus (Physalidonotus)
Species Lepidonotus adspersus (Grube, 1878)
Species Lepidonotus albopustulatus Horst, 1915
Species Lepidonotus ambigua Knox, 1960
Species Lepidonotus angustus Verrill, 1873
Species Lepidonotus antillarum (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Lepidonotus arenosus Ehlers, 1901
Species Lepidonotus austera (Grube, 1878)
Species Lepidonotus australis (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Lepidonotus banksi Knox, 1951
Species Lepidonotus bicornis (Uschakov, 1982)
Species Lepidonotus bowerbanki Baird, 1865
Species Lepidonotus brasiliensis (Quatrefages, 1866)
Species Lepidonotus brevicornis Quatrefages, 1866
Species Lepidonotus brunneus Day, 1975
Species Lepidonotus caelorus Moore, 1903
Species Lepidonotus caeruleus Kinberg, 1856
Species Lepidonotus carinulatus (Grube, 1869)
Species Lepidonotus citrifrons Augener, 1906
Species Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808)
Species Lepidonotus cristatus (Grube, 1876)
Species Lepidonotus crosslandi Monro, 1928
Species Lepidonotus cryptocephalus (Grube, 1878)
Species Lepidonotus durbanensis Day, 1934
Species Lepidonotus elongatus Marenzeller, 1902
Species Lepidonotus fiordlandicus Knox, 1956
Species Lepidonotus furcillatus Ehlers, 1901
Species Lepidonotus fusicirrus (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Lepidonotus glaber Imajima, 1997
Species Lepidonotus glaucus (Peters, 1854)
Species Lepidonotus hainanicus Uschakov, 1982
Species Lepidonotus havaicus Kinberg, 1856
Species Lepidonotus hedleyi Benham, 1915
Species Lepidonotus helotypus (Grube, 1877)
Species Lepidonotus hermenioides Amoureux, 1974
Species Lepidonotus hupferi Augener, 1918
Species Lepidonotus impatiens (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
Species Lepidonotus jacksoni Kinberg, 1855
Species Lepidonotus javanicus Horst, 1917
Species Lepidonotus lacteus (Ehlers, 1887)
Species Lepidonotus lissolepis Haswell, 1883
Species Lepidonotus magnatuberculata Seidler, 1923
Species Lepidonotus malayanus Horst, 1915
Species Lepidonotus margaritaceus Kinberg, 1856
Species Lepidonotus melanogrammus Haswell, 1883
Species Lepidonotus natalensis Day, 1951
Species Lepidonotus nesophilus Chamberlin, 1919
Species Lepidonotus oculatus Baird, 1865
Species Lepidonotus onisciformis Ehlers, 1918
Species Lepidonotus pellucidus Dyster in Johnston, 1865
Species Lepidonotus permixturus Hanley & Burke, 1991
Species Lepidonotus polae Wehe, 2006
Species Lepidonotus polychromus Schmarda, 1861
Species Lepidonotus purpureus Potts, 1910
Species Lepidonotus pustulatus Potts, 1910
Species Lepidonotus rossii Leach in Ross, 1819
Species Lepidonotus ruber Horst, 1917
Species Lepidonotus sagamianus (Izuka, 1912)
Species Lepidonotus savignyi (Grube, 1856)
Species Lepidonotus scanlandi Hanley & Burke, 1991
Species Lepidonotus scoticensis Nolte, 1936
Species Lepidonotus semisculptus Johnston, 1865
Species Lepidonotus semitectus (Stimpson, 1855)
Species Lepidonotus simplicipes Haswell, 1883
Species Lepidonotus spiculus (Treadwell, 1906)
Species Lepidonotus spinosus Hanley & Burke, 1991
Species Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepidonotus stellatus Baird, 1865
Species Lepidonotus stephensoni Monro, 1931
Species Lepidonotus sublevis Verrill, 1873
Species Lepidonotus tenuisetosus (Gravier, 1902)
Species Lepidonotus tomentosus (Grube, 1856)
Species Lepidonotus torresiensis Haswell, 1883
Species Lepidonotus vandersandei Horst, 1917
Species Lepidonotus variabilis Webster, 1879
Species Lepidonotus yorkianus Augener, 1922

Subgenus Lepidonotus (Hylosydna) [Auct. subgenus misspelling] accepted as Halosydna Kinberg, 1856 (misspelling in Moore, 1903 for Halosydna Kinberg)
Subgenus Lepidonotus (Thormora) (Baird, 1865) accepted as Thormora Baird, 1865 (superseded re-ranking)
  » Species Lepidonotus (Thormora) heterosetosus Averincev, 1978
  » Species Lepidonotus (Thormora) salvati Rullier, 1972
  » Species Lepidonotus (Thormora) jolli Day, 1975 accepted as Thormora argus (Quatrefages, 1866) (subjective synonym)
  » Species Lepidonotus (Thormora) jukesi (Baird, 1865) accepted as Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865 (superseded combination, misspelling)
  » Species Lepidonotus (Thormora) taeniata (Ehlers, 1887) accepted as Thormora taeniata (Ehlers, 1887) (superseded recombination)
  » Species Lepidonotus (Thormora) trissochaetus (Grube, 1870) accepted as Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865 (superseded recombination)
Species Lepidonotus aeololepis Haswell, 1883 accepted as Augenerilepidonotus dictyolepis (Haswell, 1883) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus ampulliferus (Grube, 1878) accepted as Paralepidonotus ampullifera (Grube, 1878) accepted as Paralepidonotus ampulliferus (Grube, 1878) (superseded recombination)
Species Lepidonotus atratus Treadwell, 1940 accepted as Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865 (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus australiensis Seidler, 1924 accepted as Lepidonotus impatiens (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus branchiatus (Treadwell, 1901) accepted as Chaetacanthus magnificus (Grube, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
Species Lepidonotus branchiferus Moore, 1903 accepted as Euphione branchifera (Moore, 1903) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus candidus Pruvot, 1930 accepted as Lepidonotus hedleyi Benham, 1915 (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus carinatus Potts, 1910 accepted as Lepidonotus glaucus (Peters, 1854) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus chitoniformis Moore, 1903 accepted as Euphione chitoniformis (Moore, 1903) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus cirratus (Savigny, 1822) accepted as Bylgides sarsi (Kinberg in Malmgren, 1866) (awaiting verification of authorships & synonymy)
Species Lepidonotus dictyolepis Haswell, 1883 accepted as Augenerilepidonotus dictyolepis (Haswell, 1883) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus dofleini Frickhinger, 1916 accepted as Lepidonotus helotypus (Grube, 1877) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus dumetosus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Harmothoe extenuata (Grube, 1840) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus fiordlandica Knox, 1956 [original] accepted as Lepidonotus fiordlandicus Knox, 1956 (incorrect original spelling for gender agreement)
Species Lepidonotus fragilis Baird, 1863 accepted as Arctonoe fragilis (Baird, 1863) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus giganteus Kirk, 1887 accepted as Euphione squamosa (Quatrefages, 1866) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus globifer (Sars G.O., 1873) accepted as Harmothoe globifera (Sars G.O., 1873) (superseded combination)
Species Lepidonotus granularis Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus grisea (Quatrefages, 1866) accepted as Lepidonotus australis (Schmarda, 1861) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus grisea (Quatrefages, 1866) accepted as Lepidonotus glaucus (Peters, 1854) (superseded recombination)
Species Lepidonotus grubei Baird, 1863 accepted as Halosydna grubei (Baird, 1863) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus humilis Augener, 1922 accepted as Lepidonopsis humilis (Augener, 1922) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus imbricatus Johnston, 1865 accepted as Alentia gelatinosa (M. Sars, 1835) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus indicus Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Paralepidonotus indicus (Kinberg, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus inquilinus Treadwell, 1917 accepted as Lepidasthenia inquilinus (Treadwell, 1917) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus insignis Baird, 1863 accepted as Halosydna brevisetosa Kinberg, 1856 (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus iphionides [auct. lapsus] accepted as Polynoe (Lepidonotus) iphionoides McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Harmothoe aculeata Andrews, 1891 (misspelling in Rouse & Pleijel, 2001)
Species Lepidonotus jacksoni Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Lepidonotus jacksoni Kinberg, 1855
Species Lepidonotus johnsoni Darboux, 1899 accepted as Halosydna johnsoni (Darboux, 1899) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus johnstoni Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Thormora johnstoni (Kinberg, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus kumari Rullier, 1970 accepted as Olgalepidonotus kumari (Rullier, 1970) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus leachii Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Harmothoe extenuata (Grube, 1840) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus leius Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Halosydna leius (Chamberlin, 1919) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus lordi Baird, 1863 accepted as Arctonoe vittata (Grube, 1855) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus macrolepidotus (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Harmothoe macrolepidota (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded subsequent combination)
Species Lepidonotus minutus Treadwell, 1936 accepted as Lepidonotus caelorus Moore, 1903 (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus notata Hoagland, 1919 accepted as Thormora notata (Hoagland, 1919) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus obscurus Gravier, 1902 accepted as Lepidonotus stellatus Baird, 1865 (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus obtectus Frickhinger, 1916 accepted as Euphione branchifera (Moore, 1903) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus ornatus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Polynoe scolopendrina Savigny, 1822 (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus pallidus Treadwell, 1939 accepted as Lepidonotus sublevis Verrill, 1873 (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus panamensis Hartman, 1939 accepted as Chaetacanthus pomareae (Kinberg, 1856) (subsequent rank of subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus pellucidus (Ehlers, 1864) accepted as Subadyte pellucida (Ehlers, 1864) (superseded subsequent combination)
Species Lepidonotus pharetratus Johnston, 1865 accepted as Eunoe nodosa (M. Sars, 1861) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus pilosus Treadwell, 1937 accepted as Chaetacanthus pilosus (Treadwell, 1937) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus platycirrus Day, 1951 accepted as Lepidonotus glaucus (Peters, 1854) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus pomareae Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Chaetacanthus pomareae (Kinberg, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus robustus Moore, 1905 accepted as Hermilepidonotus robustus (Moore, 1905) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus semicinctus [lapsus for L. semitectus] accepted as Lepidonotus semitectus (Stimpson, 1855) (text spelling error by Hartman, 1948 instead of L. semitectus)
Species Lepidonotus setosior Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Thormora setosior (Chamberlin, 1919) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus sinclairi Baird, 1865 accepted as Lepidonotus polychromus Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus socialis Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Thormora socialis (Kinberg, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus striatus Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Hyperhalosydna striata (Kinberg, 1856) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus suluensis Horst, 1917 accepted as Euphione suluensis (Horst, 1917) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus verrucosus Leach in Johnston, 1865 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus versicolor Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Thormora versicolor (Ehlers, 1901) (superseded original combination)
Species Lepidonotus wahlbergi Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Lepidonotus semitectus (Stimpson, 1855) (subjective synonym)
Species Lepidonotus willeyi Benham, 1915 accepted as Lepidonotus jacksoni Kinberg, 1855 (subjective synonym)

Species Lepidonotus dentatus Okuda in Okuda & Yamada, 1954 represented as Lepidonotus (Lepidonotus) dentatus Okuda in Okuda & Yamada, 1954
Species Lepidonotus salvati Rullier, 1972 represented as Lepidonotus (Thormora) salvati Rullier, 1972
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498
page(s): 452 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note Type species Aphrodita clava Montagu 1808 in...  
From other sources
Type species Type species Aphrodita clava Montagu 1808 in Fauchald (1977). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus Leach, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129496 on 2023-09-23
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
2007-01-23 08:53:40Z
checked
Barnich, Ruth
2007-02-01 10:44:13Z
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Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2018-01-10 00:50:06Z
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Read, Geoffrey

original description Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498
page(s): 452 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Eumolpe Oken, 1807) Oken, Lorenz. (1807). Stud. den 23 Julius 1807 [Meeting report of the Academy]. <em>Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen unter der Aufsicht der königlichen Gesellschaft zu Wissenschaften.</em> 2 (117): 1161-1168., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN319721507_1807
page(s): 1168; note: introduces 'Eumolpe' for 'Aphrodite squammata' [sic] [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Polinoe Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source De Assis, José Eriberto; De Brito, Rafael Justino; Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey; De Souza, José Roberto Botelho. (2015). A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 533: 63-98., available online at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6184 [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]   

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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]   

status source Parapar, Julio; Moreira, Juan; Núñez, Jorge; Barnich, Ruth; Brito, M. del Carmen; Fiege, Dieter; Capaccioni-Azzati, Roman; El-Haddad, Mustapha. (2015). Annelida Polychaeta IV [Goniadidae, Glyceridae, Capitellidae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae, Sigalionidae and Pholoidae]. <em>In: M.A. Ramos et al. (Eds). Fauna Ibérica vol. 41. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid.</em> 416 p., available online at http://editorial.csic.es/publicaciones/libros/12468/978-84-00-10006-3/fauna-iberica-vol-41-annelida-polychaeta-iv-.html
page(s): 405; note: Mention Eumolpe Oken, 1807 and state Lepidonotus Leach, 1816 should be a nomen protectum and (logically but not stated) Eumolpe is the matching nomen oblitum [details]   

identification resource Seidler, Hans J. (1923 (1924?)). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Polynoiden, I. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 89A(11): 1-217, 22 text figures, 2 plates (maps)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13211981
page(s): key p.18 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
From other sources
Habitat Known from rocky intertidal [details]

Type species Type species Aphrodita clava Montagu 1808 in Fauchald (1977). [details]

classification M'Harzi (1999) placed this genus under the family Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867 and under the ordo Errantia Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832 [details]
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