WoRMS name details
Asterope Claparède, 1870
325711 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325711)
unaccepted
Genus
Alciopa candida Delle Chiaje, 1841 accepted as Torrea candida (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (type by monotypy)
- Species Asterope candida (Delle Chiaje, 1841) accepted as Torrea candida (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (superseded recombination|subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031
page(s): 471-472 [details]
page(s): 471-472 [details]
Etymology Asterope is one of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleion in the Greek mythology.
Etymology Asterope is one of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleion in the Greek mythology. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Asterope Claparède, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325711 on 2026-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031
page(s): 471-472 [details]
page(s): 471-472 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis "Je place, dans ce genre, les espèces dont les pieds n'ont point d'appendice cirriforme terminal, et dont la trompe est armée à l'extrémité de denticles durs (vraisemblablement calcaires)." (Claparède, 1870: 471-472). [details]Etymology Asterope is one of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleion in the Greek mythology. [details]
