WoRMS taxon details
Goniada vorax (Kinberg, 1866)
240580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240580)
accepted
Species
Goniada distorta Moore, 1903 · unaccepted
Goniada maorica Benham, 1932 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Goniada pallida Arwidsson, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Goniada sagamiana Imajima, 2003 · unaccepted
Leonnatus vorax Kinberg, 1866 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Leonnatus vorax Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 247 [details]
page(s): 247 [details]
Type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Goniada vorax (Kinberg, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240580 on 2026-10-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Goniada pallida Arwidsson, 1899) Arwidsson, Ivar. (1899). Studien über die Familien Glyceridae und Goniadidae. <em>Bergens Museums Aarbog.</em> 1898(11): 1-69, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41680336
page(s): 43-45, plate II figs. 35-39 [details]
original description (of Goniada maorica Benham, 1932) Benham, William Blaxland. (1932). Notes on Polychaeta: Two new species of the genus Goniada. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9(54): 553-566., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933208673532 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Goniada sagamiana Imajima, 2003) Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004
page(s): 121-125, figs. 72-74 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Leonnatus vorax Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Goniada distorta Moore, 1903) Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 461-464; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Böggemann, Markus. (2005). Revision of the Goniadidae. <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg.</em> (Neue Folgen) 39: 1-354 [Goecke & Evers]. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 43-45, plate II figs. 35-39 [details]
original description (of Goniada maorica Benham, 1932) Benham, William Blaxland. (1932). Notes on Polychaeta: Two new species of the genus Goniada. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 9(54): 553-566., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933208673532 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Goniada sagamiana Imajima, 2003) Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004
page(s): 121-125, figs. 72-74 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Leonnatus vorax Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Goniada distorta Moore, 1903) Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 461-464; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Böggemann, Markus. (2005). Revision of the Goniadidae. <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg.</em> (Neue Folgen) 39: 1-354 [Goecke & Evers]. [details] Available for editors
Other
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors
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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
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additional source Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18. [details] Available for editors
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
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Goniada pallida Arwidsson, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Goniada pallida Arwidsson, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Goniada distorta Moore, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniada vorax)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Goniada pallida Arwidsson, 1899)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Goniada distorta Moore, 1903)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Goniada pallida Arwidsson, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Goniada pallida Arwidsson, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Goniada distorta Moore, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniada vorax)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Goniada pallida Arwidsson, 1899)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Goniada distorta Moore, 1903)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)