WoRMS taxon details
Thelepodinae Hessle, 1917
181511 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181511)
accepted
Subfamily
Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thelepinae Hessle, 1917 · unaccepted (superseded spelling)
- Genus Euthelepus McIntosh, 1885
- Genus Mesopothelepus Nogueira, Fitzhugh, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2017
- Genus Parathelepus Caullery, 1915
- Genus Pseudostreblosoma Hutchings & Murray, 1984
- Genus Pseudothelepus Augener, 1918
- Genus Rhinothelepus Hutchings, 1974
- Genus Streblosoma M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872
- Genus Telothelepus Day, 1955
- Genus Thelepides Gravier, 1911
- Genus Thelepus Leuckart, 1849
- Genus Pseudothelepus Hutchings, 1997 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unavailable junior homonym, unreplaced)
- Tribe Thelepini (uncertain > nomen dubium, rank currently unused)
- Genus Decathelepus Hutchings, 1977 accepted as Parathelepus Caullery, 1915 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Glossothelepus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986 accepted as Rhinothelepus Hutchings, 1974 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Grymaea Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Streblosoma M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 (junior homonym replaced by synonym Streblosoma)
- Genus Heterophenacia Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Kritzlerius Londoño-Mesa, 2009 accepted as Parathelepus Caullery, 1915 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Lumara Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Neottis Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Phenacia Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Protothelepus Verrill, 1900 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Thelephusa Verrill, 1871 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Thelepides Southern, 1914 accepted as Parathelepus Caullery, 1915 (unaccepted > junior homonym, replaced junior homonym)
- Genus Thelepodopsis M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Venusia Johnston, 1865 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish
Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 210 [details]
page(s): 210 [details]
Taxonomic remark Nogueira, Fitzhugh and Hutchings (2013: 235-236) considered this subfamily as family Thelepodidae after cladistic analysis...
Taxonomic remark Nogueira, Fitzhugh and Hutchings (2013: 235-236) considered this subfamily as family Thelepodidae after cladistic analysis of Terebellomorphs. Herein, this taxon continues considered with subfamily level, Thelepodinae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepodinae Hessle, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181511 on 2025-11-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Thelepinae Hessle, 1917) Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013) Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Hutchings, Pat. 2013. The continuing challenge of phylogenetic relationships in Terebelliformia (Annelida : Polychaeta). Invertebrate Systematics 27(2): 186-238, available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS12062
page(s): 236 [details]
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Thelepinae Hessle, 1917) Hessle, Christian. (1917). Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 5: 39-258, plates I-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38891407
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013) Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Hutchings, Pat. 2013. The continuing challenge of phylogenetic relationships in Terebelliformia (Annelida : Polychaeta). Invertebrate Systematics 27(2): 186-238, available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS12062
page(s): 236 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Lavesque, Nicolas; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.; Daffe, Guillemine; Hutchings, Pat. (2020). A revision of the French Telothelepodidae and Thelepodidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of three species and first European record of a non-indigenous species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4810(2): 305-327., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4810.2.4 [details] Available for editors 
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identification resource
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Carrerette, Orlemir; Hutchings, Pat; Fitzhugh, Kirk. (2018). Systematic review of the species of the family Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013 (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-41 [online before print, 19 Jan 2018]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1401729
page(s): 4-5; note: key for species [details]
page(s): 4-5; note: key for species [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Spelling The spelling 'Thelepodinae' was only adopted in the 1980s, replacing 'Thelepinae'. See Thelepus for etymology, and Thelepinae for further explanation. Hothe (1976) wrote: Thelepodinae is "Nomen correctum for Thelepinae HESSLE, 1917, as the subfamily name should be formed from the stem -pod- and not directly from the nominative -pus. [details]Taxonomic remark Nogueira, Fitzhugh and Hutchings (2013: 235-236) considered this subfamily as family Thelepodidae after cladistic analysis of Terebellomorphs. Herein, this taxon continues considered with subfamily level, Thelepodinae. [details]
