WoRMS taxon details
Lepidonotus caeruleus Kinberg, 1856
328785 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328785)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 384 [details]
page(s): 384 [details]
Type locality contained in South America
, Note Stated in Kinberg (1856) as "Rio de Janeiro",...
type locality contained in South America [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Stated in Kinberg (1856) as "Rio de Janeiro", with a more complete description being provided in Kinberg (1858, 1910) as "Mare Atlanticum long. a Greenwich occid. 40°55', lat. austr. 22°30', prope Rio Janeiro, in fundo argillæ cærulæ, arenosæ, conchis frustulentæ, 20—30 orgyiarum" [= Atlantic Ocean, -22.05°, -40.9167°, near Rio de Janeiro, in a bottom of blue clay, sand and broken shells, 20-30 fathoms (= about 35-55 m)]. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus caeruleus Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328785 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 384 [details]
page(s): 384 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18.
page(s): 22-23; note: redescription of type material [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 22-23; note: redescription of type material [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype SMNH, geounit Brazil [details]
From editor or global species database
Specimen Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm 397 [details]Type locality Stated in Kinberg (1856) as "Rio de Janeiro", with a more complete description being provided in Kinberg (1858, 1910) as "Mare Atlanticum long. a Greenwich occid. 40°55', lat. austr. 22°30', prope Rio Janeiro, in fundo argillæ cærulæ, arenosæ, conchis frustulentæ, 20—30 orgyiarum" [= Atlantic Ocean, -22.05°, -40.9167°, near Rio de Janeiro, in a bottom of blue clay, sand and broken shells, 20-30 fathoms (= about 35-55 m)]. [details]
