WoRMS taxon details
Gastrolepidia clavigera Schmarda, 1861
221114 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221114)
accepted
Species
Gastrolepidia amblyophyllus [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted (misspelling of subjective...)
misspelling of subjective synonym, intended for 'amblyphyllus'
Gastrolepidia amblyphyllus Grube, 1876 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe freudenbergi Plate, 1916 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 159, 5 text-figs. in page 159, plate XXXVII fig. 315 [details]
page(s): 159, 5 text-figs. in page 159, plate XXXVII fig. 315 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka [details]
Distribution Tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia, Ceylon , Madagascar and Zanzibar.
Distribution Tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia, Ceylon , Madagascar and Zanzibar. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Gastrolepidia clavigera Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221114 on 2025-08-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 159, 5 text-figs. in page 159, plate XXXVII fig. 315 [details]
original description (of Polynoe freudenbergi Plate, 1916) Plate, L. (1916). Fauna ceylanica, Untersuchungen zur Fauna Ceylons nach den Sammlungen von L. Plate. II. Übersicht über biologische Studien auf Ceylon. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.</em> Neue Folge 54: 1-42 [pdf is incomplete]. [details]
original description (of Gastrolepidia amblyphyllus Grube, 1876) Grube, A. E. (1876). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditeen (Gruppe Polynoina, Acoëta, Polylepidea). <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesiche Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.</em> 53: 46-72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37132794
page(s): 69 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 159, 5 text-figs. in page 159, plate XXXVII fig. 315 [details]
original description (of Polynoe freudenbergi Plate, 1916) Plate, L. (1916). Fauna ceylanica, Untersuchungen zur Fauna Ceylons nach den Sammlungen von L. Plate. II. Übersicht über biologische Studien auf Ceylon. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.</em> Neue Folge 54: 1-42 [pdf is incomplete]. [details]
original description (of Gastrolepidia amblyphyllus Grube, 1876) Grube, A. E. (1876). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditeen (Gruppe Polynoina, Acoëta, Polylepidea). <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesiche Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.</em> 53: 46-72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37132794
page(s): 69 [no figures] [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Britayev, Temir A.; Doignon, Gilles; Eeckhaut, Igor. (1999). Symbiotic polychaetes from Papua New Guinea associated with echinoderms, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 40(4): 359-374., available online at http://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.9139E281
page(s): 366, figures 19-23; note: Description & figures. Records for Hansa Bay Bismark Sea, Papua New Guinea [details] Available for editors
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redescription Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. and Sun, Ruiping. (2004). Polychaeta (Annelida) of Hainan Island, South China Sea Part III. Aphroditoidea. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 9:285-329., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006794439/en [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 17-23, figs. 8A-H, 9A-F, 10A-G, table 3; note: redescription of syntypes with additional material [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 366, figures 19-23; note: Description & figures. Records for Hansa Bay Bismark Sea, Papua New Guinea [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. and Sun, Ruiping. (2004). Polychaeta (Annelida) of Hainan Island, South China Sea Part III. Aphroditoidea. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 9:285-329., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006794439/en [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Hanley, J. Russell 1989. Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55714509
page(s): 17-23, figs. 8A-H, 9A-F, 10A-G, table 3; note: redescription of syntypes with additional material [details] Available for editors
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additional source
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]
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 Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 253 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Britayev, Temir A.; Antokhina, T.I. (2012). Symbiotic polychaetes from Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam. In: Britayev, T.A.; Pavlov, D.S. (eds). <em>[book].</em> Benthic fauna of the Bay of Nhatrang, Southern Vietnam. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 491 pp. Volume 2: 11-55., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258626701_Symbiotic_polychaetes_from_Nhatrang_Bay_Vietnam
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Storch, Volker; Rosito, Ruby M. (1981). Polychaetes from interspecific associations found off Cebu. <em>The Philippine Scientist.</em> 18: 1-9.
page(s): 2, figure 1; note: "In the Philippines it was found by us at different localities in the Visayas (e. g. , Sumilon and Camotes) and off Aliguay (Zamboanga del Norte, near Dipolog). Here, it lives on sea cucumbers of diff...
[details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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 [request]
additional source Horst, Rutgerus. (1917). Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part II. Aphroditidae and Chrysopetalidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24[1]b: 45-144, plates XI-XXIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2219945 [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 Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 253 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Britayev, Temir A.; Antokhina, T.I. (2012). Symbiotic polychaetes from Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam. In: Britayev, T.A.; Pavlov, D.S. (eds). <em>[book].</em> Benthic fauna of the Bay of Nhatrang, Southern Vietnam. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 491 pp. Volume 2: 11-55., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258626701_Symbiotic_polychaetes_from_Nhatrang_Bay_Vietnam
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Storch, Volker; Rosito, Ruby M. (1981). Polychaetes from interspecific associations found off Cebu. <em>The Philippine Scientist.</em> 18: 1-9.
page(s): 2, figure 1; note: "In the Philippines it was found by us at different localities in the Visayas (e. g. , Sumilon and Camotes) and off Aliguay (Zamboanga del Norte, near Dipolog). Here, it lives on sea cucumbers of diff...
"In the Philippines it was found by us at different localities in the Visayas (e. g. , Sumilon and Camotes) and off Aliguay (Zamboanga del Norte, near Dipolog). Here, it lives on sea cucumbers of different species ..."
[request]additional source 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
[request]additional source Horst, Rutgerus. (1917). Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part II. Aphroditidae and Chrysopetalidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900.</em> 24[1]b: 45-144, plates XI-XXIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2219945 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia, Ceylon , Madagascar and Zanzibar. [details]Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ナマコウロコムシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gastrolepidia clavigera)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (9 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gastrolepidia clavigera)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anja Schulze Collection information)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (9 records)
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