WoRMS taxon details
Lepidasthenia Malmgren, 1867
129495 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129495)
accepted
Genus
Polynoe elegans Grube, 1840 accepted as Lepidasthenia elegans (Grube, 1840) (type by monotypy)
Bouchiria Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Harmopsides Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Nectochaeta Marenzeller, 1892 · unaccepted (subjective synonym [type moved...)
subjective synonym [type moved elsewhere]
- Species Lepidasthenia alba (Treadwell, 1906)
- Species Lepidasthenia argus Hodgson, 1900
- Species Lepidasthenia australiensis (Augener, 1927)
- Species Lepidasthenia berkeleyae Pettibone, 1948
- Species Lepidasthenia brunnea Day, 1960
- Species Lepidasthenia brunnea (Knox, 1960) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, homonym to L brunnea Day, 1960. It is unclear which is senior)
- Species Lepidasthenia curta Chamberlin, 1919
- Species Lepidasthenia elegans (Grube, 1840)
- Species Lepidasthenia esbelta Amaral & Nonato, 1982
- Species Lepidasthenia fallax (Grube, 1878)
- Species Lepidasthenia fauveli Rullier, 1964
- Species Lepidasthenia gigas (Johnson, 1897)
- Species Lepidasthenia grimaldii (Marenzeller, 1892)
- Species Lepidasthenia guadalcanalis Gibbs, 1971
- Species Lepidasthenia inquilinus (Treadwell, 1917)
- Species Lepidasthenia interrupta (Marenzeller, 1902)
- Species Lepidasthenia izukai Imajima & Hartman, 1964
- Species Lepidasthenia loboi Salazar-Vallejo, González & Salazar-Silva, 2015
- Species Lepidasthenia longicirrata Berkeley, 1923
- Species Lepidasthenia maculata Potts, 1910
- Species Lepidasthenia magnacornuta (Moore, 1903)
- Species Lepidasthenia medanensis Núñez, Brito & Ocaña, 1992
- Species Lepidasthenia michaelseni Augener, 1913
- Species Lepidasthenia microlepis Potts, 1910
- Species Lepidasthenia minikoensis Potts, 1910
- Species Lepidasthenia mossambica Day, 1962
- Species Lepidasthenia natans (Chamberlin, 1919)
- Species Lepidasthenia nuda (Quatrefages in Grube, 1870)
- Species Lepidasthenia ocellata (McIntosh, 1885)
- Species Lepidasthenia picta Treadwell, 1928
- Species Lepidasthenia platylepsis Knox, 1960
- Species Lepidasthenia retrodentata Monro, 1933
- Species Lepidasthenia rufa Treadwell, 1928
- Species Lepidasthenia scotti Buzhinskaya, 1982
- Species Lepidasthenia strelkovi Averincev & Uschakov, 1977
- Species Lepidasthenia stuardi Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
- Species Lepidasthenia stylolepis Willey in Lloyd, 1907
- Species Lepidasthenia terraereginae Monro, 1931
- Species Lepidasthenia varia Treadwell, 1917
- Species Lepidasthenia vesiculosa (Wesenberg-Lund, 1949)
- Species Lepidasthenia vietnamica Averincev & Uschakov, 1977
- Species Lepidasthenia virens (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)
- Species Lepidasthenia accolus Estcourt, 1967 accepted as Disconatis accolus (Estcourt, 1967) (superseded original combination)
- Species Lepidasthenia affinis Horst, 1917 accepted as Lepidasthenia elegans (Grube, 1840) (subjective synonym)
- Species Lepidasthenia antipathicola Benham, 1927 accepted as Benhamipolynoe antipathicola (Benham, 1927) (superseded original combination)
- Species Lepidasthenia comma (Thomson, 1902) accepted as Lepidastheniella comma (Thomson, 1902) (superseded recombination)
- Species Lepidasthenia commensalis (Webster, 1879) accepted as Lepidametria commensalis Webster, 1879
- Species Lepidasthenia digueti Gravier, 1905 accepted as Lepidametria digueti (Gravier, 1905) (superseded original combination)
- Species Lepidasthenia irregularis Ehlers, 1901 accepted as Lepidasthenia virens (Blanchard in Gay, 1849) (subjective synonym)
- Species Lepidasthenia krassini Annenkova, 1952 accepted as Parahalosydna krassini (Annenkova, 1952)
- Species Lepidasthenia lactea Treadwell, 1939 accepted as Lepidametria lactea (Treadwell, 1939) (superseded original combination)
- Species Lepidasthenia logicirrata [lapsus] Berkeley, 1923 accepted as Lepidasthenia longicirrata Berkeley, 1923 (unavailable inadvertent misspelling )
- Species Lepidasthenia longicirrata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Lepidasthenia natans (Chamberlin, 1919) (junior primary homonym, subjective synonym)
- Species Lepidasthenia longissima (Izuka, 1912) accepted as Lepidasthenia izukai Imajima & Hartman, 1964 (superseded recombination)
- Species Lepidasthenia lucida (Treadwell, 1906) accepted as Lepidasthenia alba (Treadwell, 1906) (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Lepidasthenia microsetosa (Izuka, 1912) accepted as Showapolynoe microsetosa (Izuka, 1912) (superseded recombination)
- Species Lepidasthenia minikoiensis [auct. misspelling] accepted as Lepidasthenia minikoensis Potts, 1910 (superseded misspelling of specific epithet)
- Species Lepidasthenia ocellata Treadwell, 1936 accepted as Lepidasthenia interrupta (Marenzeller, 1902) (subjective synonym, also an unreplaced secondary homonym)
- Species Lepidasthenia ohshimai Okuda, 1936 accepted as Perolepis ohshimai (Okuda, 1946)
- Species Lepidasthenia ornata Treadwell, 1937 accepted as Lepidasthenia virens (Blanchard in Gay, 1849) (subjective synonym)
- Species Lepidasthenia sibogae Horst, 1913 accepted as Perolepis regularis Ehlers, 1908 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lepidasthenia tubicola Day, 1973 accepted as Parahalosydnopsis tubicola (Day, 1973) (superseded original combination)
- Species Lepidasthenia variegata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Lepidasthenia rufa Treadwell, 1928 (subjective synonym)
- Species Lepidasthenia varius Treadwell, 1917 accepted as Lepidasthenia varia Treadwell, 1917 (incorrect original spelling, for compulsory gender agreement)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 15-16 [details]
page(s): 15-16 [details]
Note Type species Polynoe elegans Grube 1840 (by...
Type species Type species Polynoe elegans Grube 1840 (by monotypy) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidasthenia Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129495 on 2025-06-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 15-16 [details]
original description (of Nectochaeta Marenzeller, 1892) Marenzeller, E. von. (1892). Sur une Polynoide pélagique (<i>Nectochaeta grimaldii</i>, nov. gen., nov.sp.) recueilli par l'Hirondelle en 1888. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 17: 183-185., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7458959
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Bouchiria Wesenberg-Lund, 1949) Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1949). Polychaetes of the Iranian Gulf. <em>Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran.</em> 4: 247-400.
page(s): 255-256 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Harmopsides Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 37, 48 [details]
page(s): 15-16 [details]
original description (of Nectochaeta Marenzeller, 1892) Marenzeller, E. von. (1892). Sur une Polynoide pélagique (<i>Nectochaeta grimaldii</i>, nov. gen., nov.sp.) recueilli par l'Hirondelle en 1888. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 17: 183-185., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7458959
page(s): 183 [details]
original description (of Bouchiria Wesenberg-Lund, 1949) Wesenberg-Lund, Elise. (1949). Polychaetes of the Iranian Gulf. <em>Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran.</em> 4: 247-400.
page(s): 255-256 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Harmopsides Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 37, 48 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Hanley, J. R.; Burke, M. (1991). Polychaeta Polynoidae: Scaleworms of the Chesterfield Islands and Fairway Reefs, Coral Sea. <em>in: Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 8. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 151: 9-82. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-51 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 50-51 [details] Available for editors

Identification resource
identification resource
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; González, Norma Emilia; Salazar-Silva, Patricia. (2015). <em>Lepidasthenia loboi </em>sp. n. from Puerto Madryn, Argentina (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 546: 21-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.546.6175
note: key to genus [details]
note: key to genus [details]
Other
additional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]




From editor or global species database
Type species Type species Polynoe elegans Grube 1840 (by monotypy) [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]