WoRMS taxon details
Potamilla leptochaeta Southern, 1921
331077 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331077)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511332
page(s): 651-652, plate XXXI figs. 28A-N [details]
page(s): 651-652, plate XXXI figs. 28A-N [details]
Type locality contained in Indian part of the Bay of Bengal
, Note Indian Ocean, Bengal, India
type locality contained in Indian part of the Bay of Bengal [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Bengal, India [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Potamilla leptochaeta Southern, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331077 on 2025-09-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Southern, Rowland. (1921). Polychaeta of the Chilka Lake and also of fresh and brackish waters in other parts of India. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> 5(8): 563-659, plates XIX-XXXI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36511332
page(s): 651-652, plate XXXI figs. 28A-N [details]
page(s): 651-652, plate XXXI figs. 28A-N [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
McChesney S. (1997). The benthic invertebrate community of the intertidal mudflat at the Mai Po Marshes Nature. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]





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Type locality Indian Ocean, Bengal, India [details]