WoRMS name details
Lycastella Feuerborn, 1931
341162 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341162)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Lycastis quadraticeps Blanchard in Gay, 1849 accepted as Namanereis quadraticeps (Blanchard in Gay, 1849) (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Feuerborn, H. J. (1931 [possibly 1932]). Eine Rhizocephale un zwei Polychaeten aus dem Süsswasser von Java und Sumatra. <em>Verhandlungen der Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie.</em> 5: 618-660.
page(s): 638 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 638 [details] Available for editors
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lycastella Feuerborn, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341162 on 2026-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Feuerborn, H. J. (1931 [possibly 1932]). Eine Rhizocephale un zwei Polychaeten aus dem Süsswasser von Java und Sumatra. <em>Verhandlungen der Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie.</em> 5: 618-660.
page(s): 638 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
page(s): 638 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [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.
page(s): 245, 249; note: with Namanereis Chamberlin, 1919 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida with a review of freshwater Nereidae. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 9(2): 153-168., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1959/00000009/00000002/art00002
page(s): 163; note: with Namanereis Chamberlin, 1919 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 245, 249; note: with Namanereis Chamberlin, 1919 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Capitellidae and Nereidae (marine annelids) from the Gulf side of Florida with a review of freshwater Nereidae. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 9(2): 153-168., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1959/00000009/00000002/art00002
page(s): 163; note: with Namanereis Chamberlin, 1919 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Feuerborn (1931: 638): "Dorsalcirren nicht nach hinten hin verlängert: 4 Paare von Kopfcirren; kleine Form; Hermaphrodit mit wenigen Rieseneiern in jedem Segment." [details]
