World Polychaeta Database - Ledon leidyi (Verrill, 1882)

Polychaeta name details

Ledon leidyi (Verrill, 1882)

AphiaID

340508 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340508)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded recombination)

Accepted name

Macrochaeta leidyi (Verrill, 1882)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ledon Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Macrochaeta Grube, 1850

Original name

Acrocirrus leidyi Verrill, 1882

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Acrocirrus leidyi Verrill, 1882) Verrill, A. E. (1882). Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 7, and some additions to the Fauna of Vineyard Sound. <em>The American Journal of Science.</em> Third Series. 24(143): 360-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920525
page(s): 370 (footnote) [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Moved to different genus

Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Ledon leidyi (Verrill, 1882). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340508 on 2026-08-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description (of Acrocirrus leidyi Verrill, 1882) Verrill, A. E. (1882). Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 7, and some additions to the Fauna of Vineyard Sound. <em>The American Journal of Science.</em> Third Series. 24(143): 360-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920525
page(s): 370 (footnote) [details]

basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]

To ITIS