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Lepidasthenia Malmgren, 1867 
AphiaID: 129495

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder) > Polynoidae (Family) > Lepidastheniinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Polynoe elegans Grube, 1840
Parent Lepidastheniinae Pettibone, 1989
Sources  basis of record: 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: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Lepidasthenia alba (Treadwell, 1906)
Species Lepidasthenia argus Hodgson, 1900
Species Lepidasthenia australiensis (Augener, 1927)
Species Lepidasthenia berkeleyae Pettibone, 1948
Species Lepidasthenia brunnea Day, 1960
Species Lepidasthenia curta Chamberlin, 1919
Species Lepidasthenia digueti Gravier, 1905
Species Lepidasthenia elegans (Grube, 1840)
Species Lepidasthenia esbelta Amaral & Nonato, 1982
Species Lepidasthenia fallax (Grube, 1878)
Species Lepidasthenia fauveli Rullier, 1964
Species Lepidasthenia gigas (Johnson, 1897)
Species Lepidasthenia grimaldii (Marenzeller, 1892)
Species Lepidasthenia guadalcanalis Gibbs, 1971
Species Lepidasthenia inquilinus (Treadwell, 1917)
Species Lepidasthenia interrupta (Marenzeller, 1902)
Species Lepidasthenia izukai Imajima & Hartman, 1964
Species Lepidasthenia longicirrata Berkeley, 1923
Species Lepidasthenia lucida (Treadwell, 1906)
Species Lepidasthenia maculata Potts, 1910
Species Lepidasthenia magnacornuta (Moore, 1903)
Species Lepidasthenia medanensis Núñez, Brito & Ocaña, 1992
Species Lepidasthenia michaelseni Augener, 1913
Species Lepidasthenia microlepis Potts, 1910
Species Lepidasthenia minikoensis Potts, 1910
Species Lepidasthenia mossambica Day, 1962
Species Lepidasthenia natans (Chamberlin, 1919)
Species Lepidasthenia nuda (Quatrefages in Grube, 1870)
Species Lepidasthenia ocellata (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Lepidasthenia ohshimai Okuda, 1936
Species Lepidasthenia platylepsis Knox, 1960
Species Lepidasthenia retrodentata Monro, 1933
Species Lepidasthenia rufa Treadwell, 1928
Species Lepidasthenia scotti Buzhinskaya, 1982
Species Lepidasthenia strelkovi Averincev & Uschakov, 1977
Species Lepidasthenia stuardi Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
Species Lepidasthenia stylolepis Willey in Lloyd, 1907
Species Lepidasthenia terraereginae Monro, 1931
Species Lepidasthenia tubicola Day, 1973
Species Lepidasthenia varia Treadwell, 1917
Species Lepidasthenia varius Treadwell, 1917
Species Lepidasthenia vietnamica Averincev & Uschakov, 1977
Species Lepidasthenia virens (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)

Species Lepidasthenia accolus Estcourt, 1967 accepted as Disconatis accolus (Estcourt, 1967)
Species Lepidasthenia affinis Horst, 1917 accepted as Lepidasthenia elegans (Grube, 1840)
Species Lepidasthenia antipathicola Benham, 1927 accepted as Benhamipolynoe antipathicola (Benham, 1927)
Species Lepidasthenia comma (Thomson, 1902) accepted as Lepidastheniella comma (Thomson, 1902)
Species Lepidasthenia commensalis (Webster, 1879) accepted as Lepidametria commensalis Webster, 1879
Species Lepidasthenia irregularis Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Lepidasthenia virens (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)
Species Lepidasthenia krassini Annenkova, 1952 accepted as Parahalosydna krassini (Annenkova, 1952)
Species Lepidasthenia lactea Treadwell, 1939 accepted as Lepidametria lactea (Treadwell, 1939)
Species Lepidasthenia logicirrata Berkeley, 1923 accepted as Lepidasthenia longicirrata Berkeley, 1923
Species Lepidasthenia longicirrata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Lepidasthenia natans (Chamberlin, 1919)
Species Lepidasthenia longissima (Izuka, 1912) accepted as Lepidasthenia izukai Imajima & Hartman, 1964
Species Lepidasthenia microsetosa (Izuka, 1912) accepted as Showapolynoe microsetosa (Izuka, 1912)
Species Lepidasthenia ornata Treadwell, 1937 accepted as Lepidasthenia virens (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)
Species Lepidasthenia picta Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Lepidasthenia varius Treadwell, 1917
Species Lepidasthenia sibogae Horst, 1913 accepted as Perolepis regularis Ehlers, 1908
Species Lepidasthenia variegata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Lepidasthenia rufa Treadwell, 1928
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
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Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type species: Type species Polynoeelegans Grube1840 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129495
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-01-23 08:53:40Z  checked  Barnich, Ruth
2007-02-01 10:44:13Z  changed  Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Lepidasthenia Malmgren, 1867. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129495 on 2013-05-18
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