WoRMS taxon details
Leiochrides africanus Augener, 1918
328695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328695)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 472-474, text-fig. LXXIV.a-d, plate VII figs. 199-200 [details]
page(s): 472-474, text-fig. LXXIV.a-d, plate VII figs. 199-200 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Leiochrides africanus Augener, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328695 on 2026-10-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 472-474, text-fig. LXXIV.a-d, plate VII figs. 199-200 [details]
page(s): 472-474, text-fig. LXXIV.a-d, plate VII figs. 199-200 [details]
Other
additional source
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). Notes on a collection of Polychaeta from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 10. 11(64): 487-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933308673679
page(s): 502-503; note: doubtful identification [details] Available for editors
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additional source Thomassin, B.A. (1970). Contribution à l'étude des polychètes de la région de Tuléar (S.W. de Madagascar). III. Sur les Capitellidae des sables coralliens. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d'Endoume.</em> 10: 71-101.
page(s): 90-91, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 502-503; note: doubtful identification [details] Available for editors
additional source Thomassin, B.A. (1970). Contribution à l'étude des polychètes de la région de Tuléar (S.W. de Madagascar). III. Sur les Capitellidae des sables coralliens. <em>Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d'Endoume.</em> 10: 71-101.
page(s): 90-91, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality