WoRMS taxon details
Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
129398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129398)
accepted
Genus
Diopatra amboinensis Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 (type by subsequent designation)
Epidiopatra Augener, 1918 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra aciculata Knox & Cameron, 1971
- Species Diopatra agave Grube, 1869
- Species Diopatra akarana Knox & Hicks, 1973
- Species Diopatra albimandibulata Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra amboinensis Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
- Species Diopatra amoena Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra angolensis Kirkegaard, 1988
- Species Diopatra ariasi Hektoen & Lavesque in Lavesque, Happi et al. 2025
- Species Diopatra baeri Grube, 1840
- Species Diopatra biscayensis Fauchald, Berke & Woodin, 2012
- Species Diopatra brasiliensis Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra budaevae Paxton & Arias, 2017
- Species Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra claparedii Grube, 1878
- Species Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)
- Species Diopatra dentata Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra denticulata Fauchald, 1968
- Species Diopatra dexiognatha Paxton & Bailey-Brock, 1986
- Species Diopatra drewinensis (Augener, 1918)
- Species Diopatra dubia Day, 1960
- Species Diopatra farallonensis Fauchald, 1968
- Species Diopatra gallardoi Paxton, 2016
- Species Diopatra gesae Paxton, 1998
- Species Diopatra gigova Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra gilchristi (Day, 1960)
- Species Diopatra hanleyi Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra hannelorae Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020
- Species Diopatra hektoeni Paxton & Arias, 2017
- Species Diopatra hupferiana (Augener, 1918)
- Species Diopatra italica Castelnau, 1842
- Species Diopatra khargiana Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
- Species Diopatra kristiani Paxton, 1998
- Species Diopatra leuckarti Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra lilliputiana Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra longicornis Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra longissima Grube, 1851
- Species Diopatra maculata Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra madeirensis Langerhans, 1880
- Species Diopatra malabarensis Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra mariae Paxton & Arias, 2017
- Species Diopatra marinae Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020
- Species Diopatra marocensis Paxton, Fadlaoui & Lechapt, 1995
- Species Diopatra mellea Paxton & Arias, 2017
- Species Diopatra mexicana De Leon-Gonzalez, 1994
- Species Diopatra micrura Pires, Paxton, Quintino & Rodrigues, 2010
- Species Diopatra monroi Day, 1960
- Species Diopatra monroviensis Augener, 1918
- Species Diopatra musseraensis Augener, 1918
- Species Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841
- Species Diopatra neotridens Hartman, 1944
- Species Diopatra nishii Paxton, 2014
- Species Diopatra obliqua Hartman, 1944
- Species Diopatra oligopectinata Paxton, 1993
- Species Diopatra ornata Moore, 1911
- Species Diopatra papillata Fauchald, 1968
- Species Diopatra papillosa (Day, 1967)
- Species Diopatra pectiniconicum Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020
- Species Diopatra rhizophorae Grube, 1856
- Species Diopatra rugosa (Kucheruk, 1979)
- Species Diopatra semperi Grube, 1878
- Species Diopatra splendidissima Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra sugokai Izuka, 1907
- Species Diopatra tenuissima (Grube, 1868)
- Species Diopatra tridentata Hartman, 1944
- Species Diopatra tuberculantennata Budaeva & Fauchald, 2008
- Species Diopatra uncinifera Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra variabilis Southern, 1921
- Species Diopatra victoriae Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020
- Species Diopatra viridis Kinberg, 1865
- Species Diopatra brevicirris Grube, 1856 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Diopatra bengalensis Hartman, 1976 accepted as Diopatra khargiana Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra bilobata Imajima, 1967 accepted as Diopatra sugokai Izuka, 1907 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra brasiliensis sensu Hansen, 1882 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802) (not a new name by Hansen, referred to Diopatra cuprea by Augener (1934))
- Species Diopatra brevibrachiata Ehlers, 1874 accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra bulohensis Tan & Chou, 1996 accepted as Diopatra claparedii Grube, 1878 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra californica Moore, 1904 accepted as Diopatra splendidissima Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1865 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866 (lapsus calami)
- Species Diopatra cryptornata Fauchald, Berke & Woodin, 2012 accepted as Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra dorsalis Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Kinbergonuphis dorsalis (Ehlers, 1897) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra eschrichtii (Örsted, 1842) accepted as Nothria conchylega (Sars, 1835) (superseded recombination of subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra fragilis Ehlers, 1869 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802) (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra frontalis Grube, 1850 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)
- Species Diopatra gallica Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra heterodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra holobranchiata (Marenzeller, 1879) accepted as Onuphis holobranchiata Marenzeller, 1879 (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination)
- Species Diopatra iridicolor Costa in Claparède, 1868 accepted as Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra luzonensis Grube, 1878 accepted as Diopatra semperi Grube, 1878
- Species Diopatra magna Andrews, 1891 accepted as Americonuphis magna (Andrews, 1891) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra paradoxa Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Fauchaldonuphis paradoxa (Quatrefages, 1866) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra paucibranchis Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Paradiopatra ehlersi (McIntosh, 1885) (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra phyllocirra Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Heptaceras phyllocirra (Schmarda, 1861) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra pourtalesii Ehlers, 1879 accepted as Anchinothria pourtalesii (Ehlers, 1879) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra punctifera Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Diopatra cuprea punctifera Ehlers, 1908 (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra rhizoicola Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra rhizoixola Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1865 accepted as Diopatra chiliensis Quatrefages, 1866
- Species Diopatra simplex Grube, 1840 accepted as Onuphis eremita Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra socialis Ehlers, 1874 accepted as Paradiopatra quadricuspis (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872) (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra spiribranchis Augener, 1906 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802) (subjective synonym)
- Species Diopatra teres Ehlers, 1868 accepted as Australonuphis teres (Ehlers, 1868) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra variegata Hansen, 1882 accepted as Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802) (subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Diopatra (Paradiopatra) Ehlers, 1887 represented as Paradiopatra Ehlers, 1887 (disused at subgenus rank)
- Species Diopatra (Paradiopatra) fragosa Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Paradiopatra fragosa (Ehlers, 1887) (superseded original combination)
- Species Diopatra (Paradiopatra) glutinatrix Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Anchinothria glutinatrix (Ehlers, 1887) (superseded original combination)
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]
Etymology Diopatra is a mythological naiad (female) of Mount Othrys, Central Greece. Wikipedia gives a fine short summary of her...
Distribution Maybe this genus does not occur in Antarctica; it has been reported (as Diopatra sp.) by Monro (1930) from South Georgia, but...
Etymology Diopatra is a mythological naiad (female) of Mount Othrys, Central Greece. Wikipedia gives a fine short summary of her genealogy. "In Greek mythology, Diopatra (Ancient Greek: Διοπατρη Diopatrê) was a naiad of Mount Othrys and one of the Spercheides. She was the daughter of the river-god Spercheus and the naiad Deino. When the god Poseidon fell in love with Diopatre, the god transformed her sisters into poplars in order to ravish the girl. Diopatra's name means "divine family" which came from dion and patra." [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.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129398 on 2026-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
original description (of Epidiopatra Augener, 1918) Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 355 [details]
page(s): 229, plate 10, figures 6-8 [details]
original description (of Epidiopatra Augener, 1918) Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 355 [details]
Taxonomy
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
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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]
note: Molecularly identified new taxa, but they are not named [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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 [request]
note: Entoprocts on unidentified Diopatra species. List of Loxosomella species reported from Polychaetes [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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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Etymology Diopatra is a mythological naiad (female) of Mount Othrys, Central Greece. Wikipedia gives a fine short summary of her genealogy. "In Greek mythology, Diopatra (Ancient Greek: Διοπατρη Diopatrê) was a naiad of Mount Othrys and one of the Spercheides. She was the daughter of the river-god Spercheus and the naiad Deino. When the god Poseidon fell in love with Diopatre, the god transformed her sisters into poplars in order to ravish the girl. Diopatra's name means "divine family" which came from dion and patra." [details]Grammatical gender Feminine. Named for a mythological naiad (female) of Mount Othrys, Central Greece. Almost all the numerous authors of Diopatra species adjectival names have had no difficulty determining the genus is feminine. There is the exception of "Diopatra pectiniconicum" [Steiner & Amaral, in Seixas, Steiner, Solé-Cava, Amaral & Paiva, 2020] which ends in a masculine noun (conus) given an inexplicable apparent neuter ending, and the construction must therefore be treated as an unvarying noun in apposition. [details]
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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]
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