WoRMS taxon details
Leptoecia vivipara Orensanz, 1990
173781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173781)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Orensanz, J.M. (1990). The Eunicemorph polychaete annelids from Antarctic and Subantarctic Seas. With addenda to the Eunicemorpha of Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and the Southern Indian Ocean. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 52: 1-183., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/AR052p0001/summary [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Leptoecia vivipara Orensanz, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173781 on 2026-08-16
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Nomenclature
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Orensanz, J.M. (1990). The Eunicemorph polychaete annelids from Antarctic and Subantarctic Seas. With addenda to the Eunicemorpha of Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and the Southern Indian Ocean. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 52: 1-183., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/AR052p0001/summary [details]
Other
additional source
Budaeva, N.; Pyataeva, S.; Meißner, K. (2014). Development of the deep-sea viviparous quill worm Leptoecia vivipara (Hyalinoeciinae, Onuphidae, Annelida). <i>Invertebrate Biology</i>. 133(3): 242-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12062
page(s): [reproduction, jaw ontogeny] [details]
additional source Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sicinski, Jacek (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): [reproduction, jaw ontogeny] [details]
additional source Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sicinski, Jacek (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH ZK 1941.3.3.75, verbatimGeounit Off Princess Elizabe... [details]
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Type locality Off Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctic, BANZ/103, 67 3' S, 74 29' E (-67.05, 74.4833), 437 m [details]Type specimen BMNH ZK 1941.3.3.75. This specimen was originally placed as Leptoecia abyssorum Chamberlin by Monro's (1939) expedition report. [details]
