WoRMS name details
Leucodore Johnston, 1838
325179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325179)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Leucodore ciliatus Johnston, 1838 accepted as Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838) (type by monotypy)
- Species Leucodore muticum Leuckart, 1849
- Species Leucodore audax Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838) (subjective synonym)
- Species Leucodore calcarea (Templeton, 1836) accepted as Polydora calcarea (Templeton, 1836) (superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Leucodore ciliatus Johnston, 1838 accepted as Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leucodore coecus Örsted, 1843 accepted as Dipolydora coeca (Örsted, 1843) (superseded original combination, corrected for gender agreement to 'coecus')
- Species Leucodore dubius Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838) (subjective synonym)
- Species Leucodore fabricii Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838) (subjective synonym)
- Species Leucodore nasutus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838) (subjective synonym)
- Species Leucodore sanguinea Giard, 1881 accepted as Polydora hoplura Claparède, 1868 (subjective synonym)
- Species Leucodore socialis Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Dipolydora socialis (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, George. (1838). Miscellanea Zoologica. III. — The British Ariciadae. <em>Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Edinburgh.</em> 2: 63-73, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40025966
page(s): 66 [details]
(of Leucodore ciliatus Johnston, 1838) Johnston, George. (1838). Miscellanea Zoologica. III. — The British Ariciadae. <em>Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Edinburgh.</em> 2: 63-73, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40025966
page(s): 66-68, plate III figs. 1-6 [details]
page(s): 66 [details]
(of Leucodore ciliatus Johnston, 1838) Johnston, George. (1838). Miscellanea Zoologica. III. — The British Ariciadae. <em>Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Edinburgh.</em> 2: 63-73, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40025966
page(s): 66-68, plate III figs. 1-6 [details]
Etymology Named Leucodore as a Latinization of the family name of John Whitgift, a former Archbishop of Canterbury, who was an...
Etymology Named Leucodore as a Latinization of the family name of John Whitgift, a former Archbishop of Canterbury, who was an advisor to and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Johnston (1838: 66) gives the etymology thus in a footnote extending onto page 67: "“Name from [greek for] white, and [greek for] a gift: The naturalist who has experienced the joys of finding a hitherto unseen animal, and to whom the pleasing duty has been received of publishing an additional illustration of the wisdom of his Creator, and of filling up a blank in our knowledge of His works, will at once divine the origin of this name strangely applied to a worm. “Nomen habes niveis nunc inscriptum ergo Iapillis." The scholar may remember that the name [Leucodore] was originally formed by some classical wit for Dr Whitgift, the famous Archbishop of Canterbury … [the Latin phrase is part of an epitaph for the clergyman John Whitgift, 1530 – 1604, making allusion to his name]” [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Leucodore Johnston, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325179 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Johnston, George. (1838). Miscellanea Zoologica. III. — The British Ariciadae. <em>Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Edinburgh.</em> 2: 63-73, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40025966
page(s): 66 [details]
original description (of Leucodore ciliatus Johnston, 1838) Johnston, George. (1838). Miscellanea Zoologica. III. — The British Ariciadae. <em>Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Edinburgh.</em> 2: 63-73, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40025966
page(s): 66-68, plate III figs. 1-6 [details]
page(s): 66 [details]
original description (of Leucodore ciliatus Johnston, 1838) Johnston, George. (1838). Miscellanea Zoologica. III. — The British Ariciadae. <em>Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Edinburgh.</em> 2: 63-73, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40025966
page(s): 66-68, plate III figs. 1-6 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named Leucodore as a Latinization of the family name of John Whitgift, a former Archbishop of Canterbury, who was an advisor to and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Johnston (1838: 66) gives the etymology thus in a footnote extending onto page 67: "“Name from [greek for] white, and [greek for] a gift: The naturalist who has experienced the joys of finding a hitherto unseen animal, and to whom the pleasing duty has been received of publishing an additional illustration of the wisdom of his Creator, and of filling up a blank in our knowledge of His works, will at once divine the origin of this name strangely applied to a worm. “Nomen habes niveis nunc inscriptum ergo Iapillis." The scholar may remember that the name [Leucodore] was originally formed by some classical wit for Dr Whitgift, the famous Archbishop of Canterbury … [the Latin phrase is part of an epitaph for the clergyman John Whitgift, 1530 – 1604, making allusion to his name]” [details]Spelling According to Hartman (1959: 378) subsequent variant spellings were Leucadore, Leucodora, Leucodorum (which was used by Örsted, 1844) Why Örsted used Leucodorum ciliatum [for Leucodore] using a conversion to the neuter is not explicable [details]
