WoRMS name details
Demonax leucaspis Kinberg, 1867
155267 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155267)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Demonax Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Parasabella Bush, 1905
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 354 [details]
page(s): 354 [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Isla San Lorenzo, Peru
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Isla San Lorenzo, Peru [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Demonax leucaspis Kinberg, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155267 on 2025-08-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 354 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 354 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Sedentaria collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(4): 1039-1092., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01640.x
page(s): 1075-1076, text-fig. 22 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1075-1076, text-fig. 22 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
