WoRMS name details
Lepidonotopodinae Pettibone, 1983
1906227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1906227)
unaccepted > superseded rank (downgraded rank to tribe)
Subfamily
Lepidonotopodium Pettibone, 1983 (type by original designation)
marine
recent only
Pettibone, Marian H. (1983). A new scale worm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the hydrothermal rift-area off western Mexico at 21N. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 96(3): 392-399., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34593483
page(s): 392; note: Erected for Lepidonotopodium new genus and Lepidonotopodium fimbriatum new species [details]
page(s): 392; note: Erected for Lepidonotopodium new genus and Lepidonotopodium fimbriatum new species [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotopodinae Pettibone, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1906227 on 2026-09-26
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Pettibone, Marian H. (1983). A new scale worm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the hydrothermal rift-area off western Mexico at 21N. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 96(3): 392-399., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34593483
page(s): 392; note: Erected for Lepidonotopodium new genus and Lepidonotopodium fimbriatum new species [details]
page(s): 392; note: Erected for Lepidonotopodium new genus and Lepidonotopodium fimbriatum new species [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2018). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329
page(s): 22; note: Lepidonotopodinae is made a synonym of Macellicephalinae, along with several other subfamilies made synonyms. [details] Available for editors
[request]
status source Hatch, A. S.; Liew, H.; Hourdez, S.; Rouse, G. W. (2020). Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 932: 27-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.48532
page(s): 44-46; note: Lepidonotopodinae revalidated out from synonymy with Macellicephalinae [details]
status source Miura, Tomoyuki. (1994). Two new scale-worms (Polynoidae: Polychaeta) from the Lau Back-Arc and North Fiji Basins, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 107(3): 532-543., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515173
page(s): 532; note: Lepidonotopodinae used as valid, with the addition of new genus Thermopolynoe [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 22; note: Lepidonotopodinae is made a synonym of Macellicephalinae, along with several other subfamilies made synonyms. [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Hatch, A. S.; Liew, H.; Hourdez, S.; Rouse, G. W. (2020). Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 932: 27-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.48532
page(s): 44-46; note: Lepidonotopodinae revalidated out from synonymy with Macellicephalinae [details]
status source Miura, Tomoyuki. (1994). Two new scale-worms (Polynoidae: Polychaeta) from the Lau Back-Arc and North Fiji Basins, South Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 107(3): 532-543., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515173
page(s): 532; note: Lepidonotopodinae used as valid, with the addition of new genus Thermopolynoe [details] Available for editors
[request]