WoRMS taxon details
Lepidasthenia elegans (Grube, 1840)
130796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130796)
accepted
Species
Lepidasthenia affinis Horst, 1917 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe blainvillei Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe elegans Grube, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polynoe lamprophthalma Marenzeller, 1874 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polynoe elegans Grube, 1840) Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 85 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 85 [no figures] [details]
Type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea
type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidasthenia elegans (Grube, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130796 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lepidasthenia affinis Horst, 1917) 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
page(s): 85-86, plate XIX fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Polynoe blainvillei Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834) Audouin, J. V.; Milne Edwards, H. (1834). Recherches pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du littoral de la France, ou, Recueil de mémoires sur l'anatomie, la physiologie, la classification et les moeurs des animaux des nos côtes : ouvrage accompagné de planches faites d'après nature. Tome 2, Annélides. Tome 2, premiere part, 290 pp. plus 8 plates, Paris, Crochard., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43796 [details]
original description (of Polynoe elegans Grube, 1840) Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 85 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Polynoe lamprophthalma Marenzeller, 1874) Marenzeller, Emil von. (1874). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 69(4): 407-482, plates I-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8662886
page(s): 408-412, plate I fig. 1; note: Marenzeller uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 85-86, plate XIX fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Polynoe blainvillei Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834) Audouin, J. V.; Milne Edwards, H. (1834). Recherches pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du littoral de la France, ou, Recueil de mémoires sur l'anatomie, la physiologie, la classification et les moeurs des animaux des nos côtes : ouvrage accompagné de planches faites d'après nature. Tome 2, Annélides. Tome 2, premiere part, 290 pp. plus 8 plates, Paris, Crochard., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43796 [details]
original description (of Polynoe elegans Grube, 1840) Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 85 [no figures] [details]
original description (of Polynoe lamprophthalma Marenzeller, 1874) Marenzeller, Emil von. (1874). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 69(4): 407-482, plates I-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8662886
page(s): 408-412, plate I fig. 1; note: Marenzeller uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors 
[request]
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Day, J.H. 1960. The Polychaet [sic] fauna of South Africa. Part 5. Errant species dredged off Cape coasts. Annals of the South African Museum, 45(3): 261-373., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866345 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1934). Annélides polychètes de Rovigno d'Istria. <em>Thalassia.</em> 1(7): 1-78. [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
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 Marenzeller, E. von. (1875). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. Zweiter Beitrag. (Polynoinen, Hesioneen, Syllideen). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 72 (1): 129-171, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8773985
page(s): 139-141 [details]
additional source Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1941). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXIII. Polychaetous annelids from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. <em>Zoologica, New York.</em> 26(1): 17-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50977676
page(s): 19-20, figs. 4-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Day, J.H. 1960. The Polychaet [sic] fauna of South Africa. Part 5. Errant species dredged off Cape coasts. Annals of the South African Museum, 45(3): 261-373., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866345 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1934). Annélides polychètes de Rovigno d'Istria. <em>Thalassia.</em> 1(7): 1-78. [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
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 Marenzeller, E. von. (1875). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. Zweiter Beitrag. (Polynoinen, Hesioneen, Syllideen). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 72 (1): 129-171, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8773985
page(s): 139-141 [details]
additional source Treadwell, Aaron Louis. (1941). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXIII. Polychaetous annelids from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. <em>Zoologica, New York.</em> 26(1): 17-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50977676
page(s): 19-20, figs. 4-7 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepidasthenia affinis Horst, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Polynoe elegans Grube, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidasthenia elegans)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepidasthenia affinis Horst, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Polynoe elegans Grube, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidasthenia elegans)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
