WoRMS taxon details
Paraleocrates Salazar-Vallejo, 2020
1610446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1610446)
accepted
Genus
Leocrates wesenberglundae Pettibone, 1970 accepted as Paraleocrates wesenberglundae (Pettibone, 1970) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2020). Revision of <em>Leocrates</em> Kinberg, 1866 and <em>Leocratides</em> Ehlers, 1908 (Annelida, Errantia, Hesionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4739(1): 1-114., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4739.1.1
page(s): 104; note: new genus for Leocrates wesenberglundae Pettibone, 1970 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 104; note: new genus for Leocrates wesenberglundae Pettibone, 1970 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Etymology author: "derived from Leocrates, by adding the Greek prefix para- to indicate its close similarity to the stem genus-group...
Etymology author: "derived from Leocrates, by adding the Greek prefix para- to indicate its close similarity to the stem genus-group name." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Paraleocrates Salazar-Vallejo, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610446 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2020). Revision of <em>Leocrates</em> Kinberg, 1866 and <em>Leocratides</em> Ehlers, 1908 (Annelida, Errantia, Hesionidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4739(1): 1-114., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4739.1.1
page(s): 104; note: new genus for Leocrates wesenberglundae Pettibone, 1970 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 104; note: new genus for Leocrates wesenberglundae Pettibone, 1970 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "derived from Leocrates, by adding the Greek prefix para- to indicate its close similarity to the stem genus-group name." [details]
