WoRMS taxon details
Lepidonotus oculatus Baird, 1865
328805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328805)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Lepidonotus oculatus echinatus Potts, 1910
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1863.9.23.3, geounit Australia
, Note Australia, unspecified. Baird did not know the...
Holotype NHMUK 1863.9.23.3, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, unspecified. Baird did not know the collection location. It was collected by Bowerbank "from the seas of Australia" [details]
Etymology Lepidonotus oculatus name derivation is obliquely stated by Baird via the comment that elytra are "near the centre marked...
Etymology Lepidonotus oculatus name derivation is obliquely stated by Baird via the comment that elytra are "near the centre marked with a large, round, black spot, like an eye." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus oculatus Baird, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328805 on 2024-04-23
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Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details]
redescription Hanley, J. Russell. (1993). Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. pp 305-320. IN: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H., and Lethbridge, R. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia: Perth, Western Australian Museum.
page(s): 314-317, figure 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Hanley, J. Russell. (1993). Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. pp 305-320. IN: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H., and Lethbridge, R. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia: Perth, Western Australian Museum.
page(s): 314-317, figure 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1863.9.23.3, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Lepidonotus oculatus name derivation is obliquely stated by Baird via the comment that elytra are "near the centre marked with a large, round, black spot, like an eye." [details]Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]
Type locality Australia, unspecified. Baird did not know the collection location. It was collected by Bowerbank "from the seas of Australia" [details]