RAMS taxon details
Thelepus Leuckart, 1849
129714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129714)
accepted
Genus
- Species Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780)
- Species Thelepus setosus (Quatrefages, 1866)
- Species Thelepus plagiostoma (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861 (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 169-171 [details]
page(s): 169-171 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus Leuckart, 1849. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129714 on 2026-08-02
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Thelepus Leuckart, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129714 on 2026-08-02
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original description
Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 169-171 [details]
taxonomy source Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat. (2026). Exploration of the Iziko South African Museum's polychaete collection and description of new species of Spaghetti worms (Annelida, Terebelliformia), part two. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5759(4): 412-432., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5759.4.3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 386-387; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Holthe, Torleif. (1976). <i>Paramphitrite tetrabranchia</i> gen. et sp.nov. a new terebellid polychaet from western Norway. <em>Sarsia.</em> 61: 59-62., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1976.10411303
note: Comments on the correct root of 'Thelepus' [details] Available for editors
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1987). The Thelepinae (Terebellidae) from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 217-250.
page(s): 226; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus): emended to include species having from zero to three pairs of branchiae [details]
identification resource Hsueh, Pan-Wen; Li, Kuo-Rong. (2016). New species of Thelepodidae (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta) from Taiwan. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4170(3): 510-524., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4170.3.5
note: Table of Thelepus species [details] Available for editors
identification resource Jirkov, Igor. (2018). Three new species of <i>Thelepus</i> Leuckart, 1849 from Europe and a re-description of <i>T. cincinnatus</i> (Fabricius, 1780) (Annelida, Terebellidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 759: 29-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.759.22981
page(s): table 2; note: Synoptic table for species with two branchiferous segments [details] Available for editors
page(s): 169-171 [details]
taxonomy source Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat. (2026). Exploration of the Iziko South African Museum's polychaete collection and description of new species of Spaghetti worms (Annelida, Terebelliformia), part two. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5759(4): 412-432., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5759.4.3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 386-387; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Holthe, Torleif. (1976). <i>Paramphitrite tetrabranchia</i> gen. et sp.nov. a new terebellid polychaet from western Norway. <em>Sarsia.</em> 61: 59-62., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1976.10411303
note: Comments on the correct root of 'Thelepus' [details] Available for editors
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1987). The Thelepinae (Terebellidae) from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 217-250.
page(s): 226; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus): emended to include species having from zero to three pairs of branchiae [details]
identification resource Hsueh, Pan-Wen; Li, Kuo-Rong. (2016). New species of Thelepodidae (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta) from Taiwan. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4170(3): 510-524., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4170.3.5
note: Table of Thelepus species [details] Available for editors
identification resource Jirkov, Igor. (2018). Three new species of <i>Thelepus</i> Leuckart, 1849 from Europe and a re-description of <i>T. cincinnatus</i> (Fabricius, 1780) (Annelida, Terebellidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 759: 29-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.759.22981
page(s): table 2; note: Synoptic table for species with two branchiferous segments [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thelepus)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from typetaxon
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