WoRMS name details
Lepidonotus insignis Baird, 1863
337670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337670)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Baird, William. (1863). Descriptions of several new species of worms belonging to the Annelida Errantia and Sedentaria or Tubicola of Milne Edwards. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (year 1863): 106-110., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681418
page(s): 106-107; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 106-107; note: no figures [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus insignis Baird, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337670 on 2026-01-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Baird, William. (1863). Descriptions of several new species of worms belonging to the Annelida Errantia and Sedentaria or Tubicola of Milne Edwards. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (year 1863): 106-110., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681418
page(s): 106-107; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 106-107; note: no figures [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors 
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source of synonymy Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 164, 167-168; note: with Halosydna brevisetosa [details]
[request]source of synonymy Johnson, Herbert P. 1897. A preliminary account of the marine annelids of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 3, 1(5): 153-199., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingscali01sciegoog
page(s): 164, 167-168; note: with Halosydna brevisetosa [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
