WoRMS taxon details
Thelepus Leuckart, 1849
129714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129714)
accepted
Genus
Thelepus bergmanni Leuckart, 1849 accepted as Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (type by original designation)
Heterophenacia Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Lumara Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Neottis Malmgren, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Phenacia Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Protothelepus Verrill, 1900 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Terebellanice Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thelephusa Verrill, 1871 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Thelepodopsis M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Venusia Johnston, 1865 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species Thelepus abranchiatus (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971)
Species Thelepus abyssorum Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus alatus Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus ambitus Glasby & Hutchings, 1987
Species Thelepus angustitoris Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus antarcticus Kinberg, 1866
Species Thelepus australiensis Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Species Thelepus binakayensis Pillai, 1965
Species Thelepus boja Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus branchiatus Treadwell, 1906
Species Thelepus brevicauda Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus brevitori Carrerette, Nogueira & Hutchings, 2017
Species Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Thelepus comatus (Grube, 1859)
Species Thelepus corsicanus Lavesque, Londoño-Mesa, Daffe & Hutchings, 2020
Species Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell, 1901
Species Thelepus crispus Johnson, 1901
Species Thelepus davehalli Jirkov, 2018
Species Thelepus dubius Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus extensus Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus fraggleorum Capa & Hutchings, 2006
Species Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931
Species Thelepus hamatus Moore, 1906
Species Thelepus hemeiensis Hsueh & Li, 2017
Species Thelepus japonicus Marenzeller, 1884
Species Thelepus laeviseta (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
Species Thelepus leptoplocamus (Grube, 1878)
Species Thelepus longtongensis Hsueh & Li, 2016
Species Thelepus malayensis (Caullery, 1944)
Species Thelepus marenzelleri McIntosh, 1885
Species Thelepus marthae Jirkov, 2018
Species Thelepus mcintoshi Grube, 1877
Species Thelepus megalabiatum Carrerette, Nogueira & Hutchings, 2017
Species Thelepus microbranchiatus Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus natans Kinberg, 1867
Species Thelepus nucleolata (Claparède, 1869)
Species Thelepus opimus Hutchings, 1990
Species Thelepus paiderotos Hutchings, Nogueira & Carrerette, 2015
Species Thelepus parapari Jirkov, 2018
Species Thelepus parcus (Grube, 1878)
Species Thelepus pascua (Fauchald, 1977)
Species Thelepus paucibranchis (Grube, 1878)
Species Thelepus pequenianus Augener, 1918
Species Thelepus pericensis Chamberlin, 1919
Species Thelepus praecox Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus pulvinus Hutchings, 1990
Species Thelepus robustus (Grube, 1878)
Species Thelepus setosus (Quatrefages, 1866)
Species Thelepus taamensis Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus taiwanensis Hsueh & Li, 2016
Species Thelepus tenuis (Verrill, 1900)
Species Thelepus thoracicus (Grube, 1869)
Species Thelepus toyamaensis Okuda, 1936
Species Thelepus triserialis (Grube, 1855)
Species Thelepus vaughani Gravier, 1906
Species Thelepus verrilli (Treadwell, 1911)
Species Thelepus wuchiensis Hsueh & Li, 2017
Species Thelepus bergmanni Leuckart, 1849 accepted as Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (subjective synonym)
Species Thelepus circinnata [auct. misspelling] accepted as Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (misspelling for 'cincinnata')
Species Thelepus flabellum (Baird, 1865) accepted as Lanice flabellum (Baird, 1865) (superseded recombination)
Species Thelepus plagiostoma (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861 (superseded subsequent combination)
Species Thelepus rugosus (Ehlers, 1897) accepted as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861 (recombination of subjective synonym)
Species Thelepus spectabilis Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Thelepus setosus (Quatrefages, 1866) (subjective synonym)
Species Thelepus abyssorum Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus alatus Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus ambitus Glasby & Hutchings, 1987
Species Thelepus angustitoris Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus antarcticus Kinberg, 1866
Species Thelepus australiensis Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Species Thelepus binakayensis Pillai, 1965
Species Thelepus boja Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus branchiatus Treadwell, 1906
Species Thelepus brevicauda Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus brevitori Carrerette, Nogueira & Hutchings, 2017
Species Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Thelepus comatus (Grube, 1859)
Species Thelepus corsicanus Lavesque, Londoño-Mesa, Daffe & Hutchings, 2020
Species Thelepus crassibranchiatus Treadwell, 1901
Species Thelepus crispus Johnson, 1901
Species Thelepus davehalli Jirkov, 2018
Species Thelepus dubius Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus extensus Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus fraggleorum Capa & Hutchings, 2006
Species Thelepus haitiensis Treadwell, 1931
Species Thelepus hamatus Moore, 1906
Species Thelepus hemeiensis Hsueh & Li, 2017
Species Thelepus japonicus Marenzeller, 1884
Species Thelepus laeviseta (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962)
Species Thelepus leptoplocamus (Grube, 1878)
Species Thelepus longtongensis Hsueh & Li, 2016
Species Thelepus malayensis (Caullery, 1944)
Species Thelepus marenzelleri McIntosh, 1885
Species Thelepus marthae Jirkov, 2018
Species Thelepus mcintoshi Grube, 1877
Species Thelepus megalabiatum Carrerette, Nogueira & Hutchings, 2017
Species Thelepus microbranchiatus Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus natans Kinberg, 1867
Species Thelepus nucleolata (Claparède, 1869)
Species Thelepus opimus Hutchings, 1990
Species Thelepus paiderotos Hutchings, Nogueira & Carrerette, 2015
Species Thelepus parapari Jirkov, 2018
Species Thelepus parcus (Grube, 1878)
Species Thelepus pascua (Fauchald, 1977)
Species Thelepus paucibranchis (Grube, 1878)
Species Thelepus pequenianus Augener, 1918
Species Thelepus pericensis Chamberlin, 1919
Species Thelepus praecox Hutchings & Glasby, 1987
Species Thelepus pulvinus Hutchings, 1990
Species Thelepus robustus (Grube, 1878)
Species Thelepus setosus (Quatrefages, 1866)
Species Thelepus taamensis Caullery, 1944
Species Thelepus taiwanensis Hsueh & Li, 2016
Species Thelepus tenuis (Verrill, 1900)
Species Thelepus thoracicus (Grube, 1869)
Species Thelepus toyamaensis Okuda, 1936
Species Thelepus triserialis (Grube, 1855)
Species Thelepus vaughani Gravier, 1906
Species Thelepus verrilli (Treadwell, 1911)
Species Thelepus wuchiensis Hsueh & Li, 2017
Species Thelepus bergmanni Leuckart, 1849 accepted as Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (subjective synonym)
Species Thelepus circinnata [auct. misspelling] accepted as Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (misspelling for 'cincinnata')
Species Thelepus flabellum (Baird, 1865) accepted as Lanice flabellum (Baird, 1865) (superseded recombination)
Species Thelepus plagiostoma (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861 (superseded subsequent combination)
Species Thelepus rugosus (Ehlers, 1897) accepted as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861 (recombination of subjective synonym)
Species Thelepus spectabilis Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Thelepus setosus (Quatrefages, 1866) (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 169-171 [details]
page(s): 169-171 [details]

Note Type species Amphitrite cincinnata Fabricius...
Type species Type species Amphitrite cincinnata Fabricius 1780 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Etymology Derivation of Thelepus. Leuckart states "Von [thele (Greek)], Warze [nipple], und [pous (Greek)] Fuss [foot]." Foot in...
Etymology Derivation of Thelepus. Leuckart states "Von [thele (Greek)], Warze [nipple], und [pous (Greek)] Fuss [foot]." Foot in Greek is pous podos, masculine. Nipple in Greek is thele, feminine. The combined word takes gender masculine of the 2nd word, and the stem for a higher level category is thus 'Thelepod' rather than 'Thelep' as pointed out by Holthe (1976).
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus Leuckart, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129714 on 2023-04-01
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original description
Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 169-171 [details]
original description (of Terebellanice Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1962). Die Polychaeten des Eulitorals. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der chilenischen Pazifikküste und der argentinischen Küste Südpatagoniens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 60: 57-270.
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Heterophenacia Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 389 [details]
original description (of Lumara Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73632
page(s): 30-31 [details]
original description (of Neottis Malmgren, 1866) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 388 [details]
original description (of Phenacia Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 374-375 [details]
original description (of Thelephusa Verrill, 1871) Verrill, A. E. (1871). Marine fauna of Eastport, Maine. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute.</em> 3 : 2-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7709614
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Thelepodopsis M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G. O. (1872). Diagnoser af nye Annelider fra Christianiaforden, efter Professor M. Sar's efterladte Manuskripter. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 406-417., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067540
page(s): 414-415 [details]
original description (of Protothelepus Verrill, 1900) 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): 662-663 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Venusia Johnston, 1865) Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 241 [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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1987). The Thelepinae (Terebellidae) from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 217-250.
page(s): 226; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus): emended to include species having from zero to three pairs of branchiae [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 Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 386-387; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
identification resource Hsueh, Pan-Wen; Li, Kuo-Rong. (2016). New species of Thelepodidae (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta) from Taiwan. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4170(3): 510-524., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4170.3.5
note: Table of Thelepus species [details] Available for editors
[request]
identification resource Jirkov, Igor. (2018). Three new species of <i>Thelepus</i> Leuckart, 1849 from Europe and a re-description of <i>T. cincinnatus</i> (Fabricius, 1780) (Annelida, Terebellidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 759: 29-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.759.22981
page(s): table 2; note: Synoptic table for species with two branchiferous segments [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 169-171 [details]

original description (of Terebellanice Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1962). Die Polychaeten des Eulitorals. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der chilenischen Pazifikküste und der argentinischen Küste Südpatagoniens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 60: 57-270.
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Heterophenacia Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 389 [details]

original description (of Lumara Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73632
page(s): 30-31 [details]

original description (of Neottis Malmgren, 1866) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 388 [details]
original description (of Phenacia Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 374-375 [details]

original description (of Thelephusa Verrill, 1871) Verrill, A. E. (1871). Marine fauna of Eastport, Maine. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute.</em> 3 : 2-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7709614
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Thelepodopsis M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G. O. (1872). Diagnoser af nye Annelider fra Christianiaforden, efter Professor M. Sar's efterladte Manuskripter. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 406-417., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067540
page(s): 414-415 [details]

original description (of Protothelepus Verrill, 1900) 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): 662-663 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Venusia Johnston, 1865) Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291
page(s): 241 [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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1987). The Thelepinae (Terebellidae) from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 217-250.
page(s): 226; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus): emended to include species having from zero to three pairs of branchiae [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 Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 386-387; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
identification resource Hsueh, Pan-Wen; Li, Kuo-Rong. (2016). New species of Thelepodidae (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta) from Taiwan. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4170(3): 510-524., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4170.3.5
note: Table of Thelepus species [details] Available for editors

identification resource Jirkov, Igor. (2018). Three new species of <i>Thelepus</i> Leuckart, 1849 from Europe and a re-description of <i>T. cincinnatus</i> (Fabricius, 1780) (Annelida, Terebellidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 759: 29-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.759.22981
page(s): table 2; note: Synoptic table for species with two branchiferous segments [details] Available for editors





From editor or global species database
Etymology Derivation of Thelepus. Leuckart states "Von [thele (Greek)], Warze [nipple], und [pous (Greek)] Fuss [foot]." Foot in Greek is pous podos, masculine. Nipple in Greek is thele, feminine. The combined word takes gender masculine of the 2nd word, and the stem for a higher level category is thus 'Thelepod' rather than 'Thelep' as pointed out by Holthe (1976).[details]
Spelling misspelling as Telepus [details]
Type designation According to article 68.2.1 of the ICZN (1999), "The expressions "gen. n., sp. n.", "new genus and species", or an equivalent, applied before 1931 to only one of two or more new nominal species originally included in a new nominal genus or subgenus, are deemed to be an original designation if no other type species was explicitly designated." Leuckart (1849: 169) introduces the new generic name as follows: "Thelepus Bergmanni nov. gen. et nov. sp." This way, the type species of the genus Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 is Thelepus bergmanni Leuckart, 1849, by original designation, instead of Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780), as it has been normally considered (e.g.: Hartman 1959, Day 1967, Fauchald 1977, Holthe 1986, Hutchings & Glasby 1987, Hutchings et al. 2015, Hsueh & Li 2017). [details]
From other sources
Type species Type species Amphitrite cincinnata Fabricius 1780 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Venusia Johnston, 1865)
To Genbank (from synonym Venusia Johnston, 1865)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Venusia Johnston, 1865)
To Genbank (from synonym Venusia Johnston, 1865)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
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Thelepus cincinnatus [image from typetaxon] |