Marine Species Traits - Leonnates Kinberg, 1865

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Leonnates Kinberg, 1865

AphiaID

129374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129374)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Leonnates indicus Kinberg, 1865 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Nereidinae Blainville, 1818

Original name

Leonnates Kinberg, 1865

Direct children (16)

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Species Leonnates aylaoberi Çinar & Dagli, 2013
Species Leonnates crinitus Hutchings & Reid, 1991
Species Leonnates crosnieri de León-González & Salazar-Vallejo, 2003
Species Leonnates decipiens Fauvel, 1929
Species Leonnates fujianensis (He & Wu, 1989)
Species Leonnates guadalupensis (Amoureux, 1985)
Species Leonnates indicus Kinberg, 1865
Species Leonnates insolitus Gravier & Dantan, 1934
Species Leonnates microcephala (Grube, 1878)
Species Leonnates nierstraszi Horst, 1924
Species Leonnates nipponicus Imajima, 1972
Species Leonnates persicus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
Species Leonnates stephensoni Rullier, 1965
Species Leonnates glauca (Claparède, 1870) accepted as Websterinereis glauca (Claparède, 1870) (superseded subsequent combination)
Species Leonnates jousseaumei [misspelling for L. jousseaumi] accepted as Leonnates indicus Kinberg, 1865 (Gravier's spelling variation for Leonnates jousseaumi Gravier, 1899 (a synonym of L. indicus))
Species Leonnates persica Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 accepted as Leonnates persicus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 (incorrect original spelling, for compulsory gender agreement)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 168 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Leonnates Kinberg, 1865. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129374 on 2026-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Leonnates Kinberg, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129374 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2011-08-27 04:10:53Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2017-03-20 12:45:29Z

changed

Gil, João

2019-05-05 23:12:22Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1865). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(2): 167-179., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339443
page(s): 168 [details]

taxonomy source Qiu, Jian-Wen; Qian, Pei-Yuan. (2000). Revision of the genus Leonnates Kinberg, 1866 (Polychaeta: Nereididae), with descriptions and comments on other species described in Leonnates. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 113(4): 1111-1146., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35517592
note: revision of Leonnates [details] Available for editors

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [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]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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Introduced: alien

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