WoRMS taxon details
Lepidonotus caelorus Moore, 1903
333814 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333814)
accepted
Species
Lepidonotus caeloris [auct. misspelling for 'caelorus'] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (subsequent misspelling of original name)
Lepidonotus castriensis Seidler, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Lepidonotus coelorus [auct. misspelling for 'caelorus'] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (subsequent misspelling of original name)
Lepidonotus minutus Treadwell, 1936 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe caelora (Moore, 1903) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 412-414, plate 23 figure 12 [details]
page(s): 412-414, plate 23 figure 12 [details]
Holotype USNM 15733, geounit Japan
Holotype USNM 15733, geounit Japan [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus caelorus Moore, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333814 on 2025-10-17
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 412-414, plate 23 figure 12 [details]
original description (of Lepidonotus castriensis Seidler, 1924) Seidler, Hans J. (1923 (1924?)). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Polynoiden, I. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 89A(11): 1-217, 22 text figures, 2 plates (maps)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13211981
page(s): 41-43, figs. 1-2; note: Castries Bay, near Sea of Okhotsk [details]
original description (of Lepidonotus minutus Treadwell, 1936) Treadwell, Aaron L. 1936. Polychaetous annelids from Amoy, China. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 83(2984): 261-279., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7767781#page/299/mode/1up
page(s): 262-264, figure 18a-d [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964
page(s): 108-109, fig. 35b-d [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 412-414, plate 23 figure 12 [details]
original description (of Lepidonotus castriensis Seidler, 1924) Seidler, Hans J. (1923 (1924?)). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Polynoiden, I. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 89A(11): 1-217, 22 text figures, 2 plates (maps)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13211981
page(s): 41-43, figs. 1-2; note: Castries Bay, near Sea of Okhotsk [details]
original description (of Lepidonotus minutus Treadwell, 1936) Treadwell, Aaron L. 1936. Polychaetous annelids from Amoy, China. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 83(2984): 261-279., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7767781#page/299/mode/1up
page(s): 262-264, figure 18a-d [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964
page(s): 108-109, fig. 35b-d [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Imajima, Minoru & Hartman, Olga. (1964). The polychaetous annelids of Japan. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 26(1-2): 1-452 [issued in 2 parts]., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/18946 [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Imajima, Minoru. (1997). 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. Families Polynoidae and Acoetidae. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 13: 1-131., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312467#cit
page(s): 103-107, figures 50, 51 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rioja, Enrique. (1941). Estudios anelidológicos. III. Datos para el conocimiento de la fauna de poliquetos de las costas del Pacífico de México. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 12(2): 669-746., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/487
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 103-107, figures 50, 51 [details] Available for editors

additional source Rioja, Enrique. (1941). Estudios anelidológicos. III. Datos para el conocimiento de la fauna de poliquetos de las costas del Pacífico de México. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología, México.</em> 12(2): 669-746., available online at https://anales.ib.unam.mx/index.php/anales/article/view/487
page(s): 680 [details] Available for editors






Holotype USNM 15733, geounit Japan [details]
Language | Name | |
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Japanese | イボウロコムシ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To NHMUK collection (Lepidonotus caelorus Moore, 1903; paratype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538519)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Lepidonotus minutus Treadwell, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To NHMUK collection (Lepidonotus caelorus Moore, 1903; paratype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538519)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Lepidonotus minutus Treadwell, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To ITIS