WoRMS taxon details
Lepidametria Webster, 1879
236705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236705)
accepted
Genus
Lepidametria commensalis Webster, 1879 (type by monotypy)
- Species Lepidametria commensalis Webster, 1879
- Species Lepidametria lactea (Treadwell, 1939)
- Species Lepidametria brunnea Knox, 1960 accepted as Lepidasthenia brunnea (Knox, 1960) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination (a homonym is then created in Lepidasthenia))
- Species Lepidametria comma (Thomson, 1902) accepted as Lepidastheniella comma (Thomson, 1902) (superseded recombination)
- Species Lepidametria digueti (Gravier, 1905) accepted as Lepidasthenia digueti Gravier, 1905 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepidametria gigas (Johnson, 1897) accepted as Lepidasthenia gigas (Johnson, 1897) (superseded recombination)
- Species Lepidametria longicirrata (Berkeley, 1923) accepted as Lepidasthenia longicirrata Berkeley, 1923 (inapplicable recombination)
- Species Lepidametria virens (Blanchard in Gay, 1849) accepted as Lepidasthenia virens (Blanchard in Gay, 1849) (superseded recombination)
- Species Lepidametria virescens accepted as Lepidasthenia virens (Blanchard in Gay, 1849)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, Harrison Edwin. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 9: 202-269, plates I-XI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43082522
page(s): 210-213, plate III figures 23-31 [details]
page(s): 210-213, plate III figures 23-31 [details]
Status Synonymised with Lepidasthenia by Gravier (1905) and listed as such in Hartman (1959, 1968) and Fauchald (1977) listings,...
Status Synonymised with Lepidasthenia by Gravier (1905) and listed as such in Hartman (1959, 1968) and Fauchald (1977) listings, retained by recent others. Salazar Vallejo et al. (2015: 25) follow others in treating it as a valid member of subfamily Lepidonotinae (& not in Lepidastheniinae). They do not review the species that have been placed within it. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidametria Webster, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236705 on 2026-02-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Webster, Harrison Edwin. (1879). The Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginian coast. <em>Transactions of the Albany Institute.</em> 9: 202-269, plates I-XI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43082522
page(s): 210-213, plate III figures 23-31 [details]
page(s): 210-213, plate III figures 23-31 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Barnich, R. and Fiege, D. (2004). Revision of the genus Lepidastheniella Monro, 1924 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Lepidastheniinae) with notes on the subfamily Lepidastheniinae and the description of a new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(7): 863-876., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0022293021000046432
page(s): 864; note: Referral to Lepidonotinae [details] Available for editors
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status source Gravier, C. 1905. Sur les genres Lepidasthenia Malmgren et Lepidametria Webster. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 11: 181-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.328479 [details]
page(s): 864; note: Referral to Lepidonotinae [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Gravier, C. 1905. Sur les genres Lepidasthenia Malmgren et Lepidametria Webster. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 11: 181-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.328479 [details]
Other
additional source
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.; González, Norma Emilia; Salazar-Silva, Patricia. (2015). <em>Lepidasthenia loboi </em>sp. n. from Puerto Madryn, Argentina (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 546: 21-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.546.6175
page(s): 25; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
page(s): 25; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Synonymised with Lepidasthenia by Gravier (1905) and listed as such in Hartman (1959, 1968) and Fauchald (1977) listings, retained by recent others. Salazar Vallejo et al. (2015: 25) follow others in treating it as a valid member of subfamily Lepidonotinae (& not in Lepidastheniinae). They do not review the species that have been placed within it. [details]
