WoRMS taxon details
Thelepus tenuis (Verrill, 1900)
826332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:826332)
accepted
Species
Euthelepus tenuis (Verrill, 1900) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype (of Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900) YPM...
Holotype (of Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900) YPM 2864, geounit Bermuda [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus tenuis (Verrill, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=826332 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). A revision of the genus <i>Euthelepus</i> (Terebellidae: Thelepinae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38: 105-117., available online at http://10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.177
page(s): 114, fig. 4i, table 1 [details]
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[request]new combination reference Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). A revision of the genus <i>Euthelepus</i> (Terebellidae: Thelepinae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38: 105-117., available online at http://10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.177
page(s): 114, fig. 4i, table 1 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2009). Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2320: 1-93., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02320p093f.pdf
page(s): 85, fig. 26A-G; note: redescription based on type material [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 85, fig. 26A-G; note: redescription based on type material [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900) YPM 2864, geounit Bermuda [details]
Nontype (of Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900) YPM 97587, geounit Bermuda [details]
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New combination This new combination was first established by Hutchings and Glasby (1986: 114): "As Verrill does not describe any lateral lobes, and, providing he did not overlook them, the species clearly does not belong to the genus Euthelepus. We questionably refer the species to Thelepus on the basis of the material examined from Bermuda which has notosetae beginning on the 2nd branchiferous segment". Later Londoño-Mesa (2009) supported this decision based on the presence of lateral lappets in Euthelepus, against its absence in Thelepus. [details]
