WoRMS taxon details
Clymenura Verrill, 1900
129346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129346)
accepted
Genus
Clymene cirrata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Clymenura cirrata (Ehlers, 1887) (type by original designation)
Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Clymenura (Clymenura) · unaccepted (nominotypical subgenus, but not ...)
nominotypical subgenus, but not a currently required separate rank
Species Clymenura aciculata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982
Species Clymenura borealis (Arwidsson, 1906)
Species Clymenura cirrata (Ehlers, 1887)
Species Clymenura columbiana (Berkeley, 1929)
Species Clymenura lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Clymenura longicaudata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982
Species Clymenura polaris (Théel, 1879)
Species Clymenura scutata Tovar-Hernández & Yáñez-Rivera in Yáñez-Rivera et al, 2020
Species Clymenura snaiko Read, 2011
Subgenus Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 accepted as Clymenura Verrill, 1900 (subjective synonym)
Species Clymenura clypeata (Saint-Joseph, 1894) accepted as Leiochone leiopygos (Grube, 1860) (subjective synonym, superseded recombination)
Species Clymenura crozetensis (Gillet, 1989) accepted as Axiothella crozetensis Gillet, 1989 (informal recombination)
Species Clymenura johnstoni (McIntosh, 1915) accepted as Leiochone johnstoni McIntosh, 1915 (superseded recombination)
Species Clymenura leiopygos (Grube, 1860) accepted as Leiochone leiopygos (Grube, 1860) (superseded recombination)
Species Clymenura tenuis (Day, 1957) accepted as Leiochone tenuis Day, 1957 (superseded recombination)
Species Clymenura tricirrata (Arwidsson, 1906) accepted as Microclymene tricirrata Arwidsson, 1906 (informal recombination)
Species Clymenura tropica (Mesnil & Fauvel, 1939) accepted as Leiochone tropica Mesnil & Fauvel, 1939 (supeseded recombination and otherwise indeterminable)
Species Clymenura gracilis Hartman, 1969 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not a Clymenura)
Species Clymenura borealis (Arwidsson, 1906)
Species Clymenura cirrata (Ehlers, 1887)
Species Clymenura columbiana (Berkeley, 1929)
Species Clymenura lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Clymenura longicaudata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982
Species Clymenura polaris (Théel, 1879)
Species Clymenura scutata Tovar-Hernández & Yáñez-Rivera in Yáñez-Rivera et al, 2020
Species Clymenura snaiko Read, 2011
Subgenus Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 accepted as Clymenura Verrill, 1900 (subjective synonym)
» Species Clymenura (Cephalata) aciculata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 accepted as Clymenura aciculata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 (invalid subgenus)
» Species Clymenura (Cephalata) columbiana (Berkeley, 1929) accepted as Clymenura columbiana (Berkeley, 1929) (invalid subgenus)
» Species Clymenura (Cephalata) lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885) accepted as Clymenura lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885) (invalid subgenus)
» Species Clymenura (Cephalata) longicaudata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 accepted as Clymenura longicaudata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 (invalid subgenus)
Subgenus Clymenura (Clymenura) accepted as Clymenura Verrill, 1900 (nominotypical subgenus, but not a currently required separate rank)» Species Clymenura (Cephalata) columbiana (Berkeley, 1929) accepted as Clymenura columbiana (Berkeley, 1929) (invalid subgenus)
» Species Clymenura (Cephalata) lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885) accepted as Clymenura lankesteri (McIntosh, 1885) (invalid subgenus)
» Species Clymenura (Cephalata) longicaudata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 accepted as Clymenura longicaudata Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 (invalid subgenus)
» Species Clymenura (Clymenura) japonica Imajima & Shiraki, 1982 accepted as Leiochone japonica (Imajima & Shiraki, 1982) (superseded original combination)
Species Clymenura annulata Mohammad, 1980 accepted as Leiochone annulata (Mohammad, 1980) (superseded original combination)Species Clymenura clypeata (Saint-Joseph, 1894) accepted as Leiochone leiopygos (Grube, 1860) (subjective synonym, superseded recombination)
Species Clymenura crozetensis (Gillet, 1989) accepted as Axiothella crozetensis Gillet, 1989 (informal recombination)
Species Clymenura johnstoni (McIntosh, 1915) accepted as Leiochone johnstoni McIntosh, 1915 (superseded recombination)
Species Clymenura leiopygos (Grube, 1860) accepted as Leiochone leiopygos (Grube, 1860) (superseded recombination)
Species Clymenura tenuis (Day, 1957) accepted as Leiochone tenuis Day, 1957 (superseded recombination)
Species Clymenura tricirrata (Arwidsson, 1906) accepted as Microclymene tricirrata Arwidsson, 1906 (informal recombination)
Species Clymenura tropica (Mesnil & Fauvel, 1939) accepted as Leiochone tropica Mesnil & Fauvel, 1939 (supeseded recombination and otherwise indeterminable)
Species Clymenura gracilis Hartman, 1969 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not a Clymenura)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy Clymenura and Leiochone are distinct (Read, 2011)
Taxonomy Clymenura and Leiochone are distinct (Read, 2011) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. Clymenura Verrill, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129346 on 2023-06-03
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original description
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982) Imajima, M.; Shiraki, Y. (1982). Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part 1. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 8(1): 1-46., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311971/en
page(s): 15 [details]
basis of record 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 Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
status source Imajima, M.; Shiraki, Y. (1982). Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part 1. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 8(1): 1-46., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311971/en
page(s): 12 [details]
status source Read, Geoffrey B. (2011). A new Clymenura (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from the intertidal of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, with a reassessment of Leiochone Grube, 1868 and Clymenura Verrill, 1900. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2934: 39-52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2934.html [details]
page(s): 654 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Clymenura (Cephalata) Imajima & Shiraki, 1982) Imajima, M.; Shiraki, Y. (1982). Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part 1. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 8(1): 1-46., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311971/en
page(s): 15 [details]
basis of record 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 Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
status source Imajima, M.; Shiraki, Y. (1982). Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part 1. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 8(1): 1-46., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311971/en
page(s): 12 [details]
status source Read, Geoffrey B. (2011). A new Clymenura (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from the intertidal of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, with a reassessment of Leiochone Grube, 1868 and Clymenura Verrill, 1900. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2934: 39-52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2934.html [details]





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Taxonomy Clymenura and Leiochone are distinct (Read, 2011) [details]