WoRMS source details
World Polychaeta Dbase
World Isopoda DB; NeMys doc_id: 4985
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution
Bowerbankia gracilis Leidy, 1855 accepted as Amathia gracilis (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
Cepon Leidy, 1855 accepted as Kepon Duvernoy, 1840 (basis of record)
Cepon Leidy, 1855 accepted as Kepon Duvernoy, 1840 (additional source)
Cepon distortus Leidy, 1855 accepted as Leidya distorta (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
Cirratulus fragilis Leidy, 1855 accepted as Caulleriella fragilis (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
Clymene torquatus Leidy, 1855 accepted as Clymenella torquata (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
Clymene urceolatus Leidy, 1855 (original description)
Enoplus marinus (Leidy, 1855) Walton, 1927 (original description)
Glycera americana Leidy, 1855 (original description)
Lepidonote armadillo (Bosc, 1802) sensu Leidy, 1855 accepted as Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (new combination reference)
Lumbriconereis splendida Leidy, 1855 accepted as Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804) (original description)
Naraganseta Leidy, 1855 accepted as Dodecaceria Örsted, 1843 (original description)
Naraganseta coralii Leidy, 1855 accepted as Dodecaceria coralii (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
Nemertes socialis Leidy, 1855 accepted as Myoisophagos sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) accepted as Lineus sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) (original description)
Ophelia simplex Leidy, 1855 (original description)
Planaria frequens Leidy, 1855 accepted as Procerodes littoralis (Strøm, 1768) (original description)
Sabella oculifera Leidy, 1855 accepted as Pseudopotamilla oculifera (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832 (additional source)
Siphonostoma affine Leidy, 1855 accepted as Pherusa affinis (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
Sthenelais leidyi Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1833) (additional source)
Terebella ornata Leidy, 1855 accepted as Amphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
Torquea Leidy, 1855 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (original description)
Torquea eximia Leidy, 1855 accepted as Polycirrus eximius (Leidy, 1855) (original description)
New Jersey Shelf for Enoplus marinus (Leidy, 1855) Walton, 1927
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Cryptosula pallasiana (Moll, 1803) (origin: alien)
As can be seen from the description by Leidy (see image) here he was correctly recombining Aphrodita armadillo Bosc ... [details]
Leidy (1855) "Body cylindrical, narrowed posteriorly; no lateral pinnae; segments numerous; those anteriorly ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Leidy (1855: 146): "Body cylindrical, narrowed at the extremities. Tentaculae numerous, ... [details]
Atlantic coast of the USA: Rhode Island (Point Judith, entrance of Narragansett Bay). [details]
The species name originates from an apparent misidentification by Leidy (1855). Quatrefages (1866: 278) ... [details]
Not stated, uncertain. Maybe from the Latin verb torqueo, meaning 'to twist', 'to whirl', or 'to distort', related ... [details]
Not expressly stated. The specific epithet eximia is a Latin adjective meaning 'special', 'particular' or ... [details]
"46. SIPHONOSTOMUM AFFINE, Leidy. Body cylindro-fusiform, minutely papillated, with four rows of fasciculi of setae; ... [details]
Leidy (1855: 148) applied the name Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards to a specimen from Beesley's Point, ... [details]
Point Judith, entrance of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 41.36°, -71.48°). ... [details]
Point Judith, entrance of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 41.36°, -71.48°). [details]
