WoRMS name details
Leodice gigantea Lamarck, 1818
336614 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336614)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 322 [no figures]; note: The name comes from the Savigny MS. This does not make Savigny the author in Lamarck. [details]
page(s): 322 [no figures]; note: The name comes from the Savigny MS. This does not make Savigny the author in Lamarck. [details]
Note Indian Ocean
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Leodice gigantea Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336614 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 322 [no figures]; note: The name comes from the Savigny MS. This does not make Savigny the author in Lamarck. [details]
page(s): 322 [no figures]; note: The name comes from the Savigny MS. This does not make Savigny the author in Lamarck. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 49-50; note: Savigny has Nereis aphroditois as a synonym, but that name is much older [details]
page(s): 49-50; note: Savigny has Nereis aphroditois as a synonym, but that name is much older [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
