RAS taxon details
Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
129398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129398)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1833). [Part 2.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> sér. 1, 28: 187-247., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6096524
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but...
Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but hasn't been reported since. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129398 on 2025-05-11
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129398 on 2025-05-11
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Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1833). [Part 2.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris.</em> sér. 1, 28: 187-247., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6096524
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
taxonomy source Hektoen, Martin M.;Willassen, Endre; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2022). Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of Diopatra (Onuphidae, Annelida) in the East Atlantic. <em>Biology.</em> 11(2)(327):1-25., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/2/327
note: Molecularly identified new taxa, but they are not named [details] Available for editors
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 Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [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]
source of synonymy Budaeva, N.; Fauchald, K. (2011). Phylogeny of the <i>Diopatra</i> generic complex with a revision of <i>Paradiopatra</i> Ehlres [sic], 1887 (Polychaeta: Onuphidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 163(2), 319-436., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00701.x [details]
ecology source Bharathidasan, Veeraiyan; Borisanova, Anastasia O.; Sarathy, Palanivel Partha; Murugesan, Perumal. (2022). New entoproct-polychaete association recorded in the Bay of Bengal, southeastern coast of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5100(4): 482-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.4.2
note: Entoprocts on unidentified Diopatra species. List of Loxosomella species reported from Polychaetes [details] Available for editors
biology source Arias, Andrés; Woodin, Sarah A.; Paxton, Hannelore. (2023). An Introduction to Diopatra, the Amazing Ecosystem Engineering Polychaete. <em>Biology.</em> 12(7: 1027): 1-20., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/7/1027 [details]
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
taxonomy source Hektoen, Martin M.;Willassen, Endre; Budaeva, Nataliya. (2022). Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of Diopatra (Onuphidae, Annelida) in the East Atlantic. <em>Biology.</em> 11(2)(327):1-25., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/2/327
note: Molecularly identified new taxa, but they are not named [details] Available for editors
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 Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [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]
source of synonymy Budaeva, N.; Fauchald, K. (2011). Phylogeny of the <i>Diopatra</i> generic complex with a revision of <i>Paradiopatra</i> Ehlres [sic], 1887 (Polychaeta: Onuphidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 163(2), 319-436., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00701.x [details]
ecology source Bharathidasan, Veeraiyan; Borisanova, Anastasia O.; Sarathy, Palanivel Partha; Murugesan, Perumal. (2022). New entoproct-polychaete association recorded in the Bay of Bengal, southeastern coast of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5100(4): 482-500., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.4.2
note: Entoprocts on unidentified Diopatra species. List of Loxosomella species reported from Polychaetes [details] Available for editors
biology source Arias, Andrés; Woodin, Sarah A.; Paxton, Hannelore. (2023). An Introduction to Diopatra, the Amazing Ecosystem Engineering Polychaete. <em>Biology.</em> 12(7: 1027): 1-20., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/7/1027 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but hasn't been reported since. [details]
