WoRMS taxon details
Leanira Kinberg, 1856
129590 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129590)
accepted
Genus
Leanira quatrefagesi Kinberg, 1856 (type by monotypy)
Leanithalessa Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (type is a Leanira)
- Species Leanira abyssicola (McIntosh, 1879)
- Species Leanira adenensis Pettibone, 1970
- Species Leanira alba Moore, 1910
- Species Leanira cirrata (Treadwell, 1934)
- Species Leanira coeca Horst, 1917
- Species Leanira hystricis Ehlers, 1874
- Species Leanira minor Hartman, 1965
- Species Leanira narragansettensis Nolte, 1936
- Species Leanira quatrefagesi Kinberg, 1856
- Species Leanira robusta Verrill, 1885
- Species Leanira tenera Grube, 1875
- Species Leanira areolata McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Neoleanira areolata (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira calcis Hartman, 1960 accepted as Neoleanira areolata (McIntosh, 1885) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
- Species Leanira festiva Grube, 1875 accepted as Euthalenessa festiva (Grube, 1875) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira fimbriarum Hartman, 1939 accepted as Sthenolepis fimbriarum (Hartman, 1939) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira giardi Darboux, 1899 accepted as Euthalenessa oculata (Peters, 1854) (subjective synonym)
- Species Leanira grubei (Treadwell, 1901) accepted as Sthenolepis grubei (Treadwell, 1901) (superseded recombination)
- Species Leanira izuensis Takahashi, 1938 accepted as Sthenolepis izuensis (Takahashi, 1938) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira japonica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Sthenolepis japonica (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira javanica Horst, 1917 accepted as Sthenolepis javanica (Horst, 1917) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira laevis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Labiosthenolepis laevis (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira laevis [McIntosh, 1874] (unaccepted > nomen nudum, not characterised)
- Species Leanira magellanica McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Neoleanira magellanica (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira melanocephala Horst, 1917 accepted as Sthenolepis melanocephala (Horst, 1917) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira mitsuii Okuda, 1938 accepted as Sthenelais mitsuii (Okuda, 1938) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira oculata Hartman, 1942 accepted as Sthenolepis oculata (Hartman, 1942) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira sibogae Horst, 1917 accepted as Labiosthenolepis sibogae (Horst, 1917) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira simplex (Ehlers, 1887) accepted as Ehlersileanira simplex (Ehlers, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded subsequent combination, combination is based on a misidentified record)
- Species Leanira tentaculata Horst, 1917 accepted as Labioleanira tentaculata (Horst, 1917) (superseded original combination)
- Species Leanira tetragona (Örsted, 1845) accepted as Neoleanira tetragona (Örsted, 1845) (synonym)
- Species Leanira vulturis Horst, 1917 accepted as Sthenolepis vulturis (Horst, 1917) (subjective synonym)
- Species Leanira yhleni Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Labioleanira yhleni (Malmgren, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 388 [details]
page(s): 388 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leanira Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129590 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 388 [details]
original description (of Leanithalessa Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1965). Zur Kenntnis des Sublitorals der chilenischen Küste unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. II Die Polychaeten des Sublitorals. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 62 Supplement: 59-305.
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 388 [details]
original description (of Leanithalessa Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1965). Zur Kenntnis des Sublitorals der chilenischen Küste unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. II Die Polychaeten des Sublitorals. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 62 Supplement: 59-305.
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
status source
Gonzalez, Brett C.; Martínez, Alejandro; Borda, Elizabeth; Iliffe, Thomas M.; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018). Phylogeny and systematics of Aphroditiformia. <em>Cladistics.</em> 34(3): 225-259., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12202/full
page(s): 245; note: Leanira Kinberg, 1856 is placed in subfamily Sigalioninae [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 245; note: Leanira Kinberg, 1856 is placed in subfamily Sigalioninae [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [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 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]




Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]