WoRMS name details
Lophiocephala edwardsii Costa, 1841
336892 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336892)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Costa, O. G. [Oronzio Gabriele]. (1841). Description de quelques Annelides nouvelles du Golfe de Naples. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Ser. 2 zoologie.</em> 16: 267-280, plates 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730724 [details] 
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lophiocephala edwardsii Costa, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336892 on 2026-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Costa, O. G. [Oronzio Gabriele]. (1841). Description de quelques Annelides nouvelles du Golfe de Naples. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Ser. 2 zoologie.</em> 16: 267-280, plates 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730724 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. <em>Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris.</em> 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
