WoRMS taxon details
Lepidonotus hupferi Augener, 1918
328796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328796)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 133-136, plate 2 figures 7-11, textfigure 5 [details]
page(s): 133-136, plate 2 figures 7-11, textfigure 5 [details]
Type locality contained in West Africa
, Note Coastal waters of Ghana, western Africa.
type locality contained in West Africa [details]
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Type locality Coastal waters of Ghana, western Africa. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus hupferi Augener, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328796 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 133-136, plate 2 figures 7-11, textfigure 5 [details]
page(s): 133-136, plate 2 figures 7-11, textfigure 5 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Lavesque, Nicolas; Bonifácio, Paulo; Gouillieux, Benoit; Daffe, Guillemine; Daramy, Flore; Hutchings, Pat. (2026). A new species of Thelepus (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania, and its associated scaleworm Lepidonotus hupferi Augener, 1918 (Annelida, Polynoidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5748(1): 73-88., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5748.1.3
page(s): 81, figure 6; note: description, not from syntypes, but of Thelepus-associated specimens MNHN-IA-2017-2207 and SMA_NL291 (Arcachon Marine Station). Lepidonotus tenuisetosus Day, 1962, Madagascar is included in the synony...
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page(s): 81, figure 6; note: description, not from syntypes, but of Thelepus-associated specimens MNHN-IA-2017-2207 and SMA_NL291 (Arcachon Marine Station). Lepidonotus tenuisetosus Day, 1962, Madagascar is included in the synony...
description, not from syntypes, but of Thelepus-associated specimens MNHN-IA-2017-2207 and SMA_NL291 (Arcachon Marine Station). Lepidonotus tenuisetosus Day, 1962, Madagascar is included in the synonymy listings but it is not clear why, as it is not a synonym according to the authors.
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Syntype syntypes (ZMH-530, ZMH-531, ZMH-532 and ZMH-590) are at Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Germany [details]Type locality Coastal waters of Ghana, western Africa. [details]
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| Japanese | ムラクモウロコムシ | [details] |
