WoRMS taxon details
Lepidasthenia gigas (Johnson, 1897)
174512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174512)
accepted
Species
Lepidametria gigas (Johnson, 1897) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Polynoe gigas Johnson, 1897 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polynoe gigas Johnson, 1897) Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 172-175, plate VII figs. 33, 42, 42a, plate VIII figs. 48, 48a, 48b, 49; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
page(s): 172-175, plate VII figs. 33, 42, 42a, plate VIII figs. 48, 48a, 48b, 49; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidasthenia gigas (Johnson, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174512 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
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(of Polynoe gigas Johnson, 1897) Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 172-175, plate VII figs. 33, 42, 42a, plate VIII figs. 48, 48a, 48b, 49; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 172-175, plate VII figs. 33, 42, 42a, plate VIII figs. 48, 48a, 48b, 49; note: Johnson uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Averincev, V. G. (1972). Benthic polychaetes Errantia from the Antarctic and Subantarctic collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition]. Issledovaniya fauny morei. <em>Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk USSR.</em> 11(19): 88-292 [Biological Results of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions, 5].
page(s): 135 [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]
page(s): 135 [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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
