Thelepus
creator: Bellan, Gérard
creator: Decock, Wim
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
creator: Read, Geoffrey
creator: Gil, João
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Thelepus Leuckart, 1849
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus Leuckart, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129714 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2017-03-21T13:55:13Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Thelepus Leuckart, 1849
class: Polychaeta
family: Terebellidae
genus: Thelepus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 15(1): 149-208, plate 3.
name published in: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1962). Die Polychaeten des Eulitorals. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der chilenischen Pazifikküste und der argentinischen Küste Südpatagoniens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut. 60: 57-270.
name published in: Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. [book]. 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement].
name published in: Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX.
name published in: Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.
name published in: Sars, G. O. (1872). Diagnoser af nye Annelider fra Christianiaforden, efter Professor M. Sar's efterladte Manuskripter. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1871: 406-417.
name published in: Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3.
name published in: Verrill, A. E. (1871). Marine fauna of Eastport, Maine. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. 3 : 2-6.
name published in: 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.
name published in year: 1849
name published in year: 1962
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1866? vol for 1865
name published in year: 1866
name published in year: 1872
name published in year: 1853
name published in year: 1871
name published in year: 1900
order: Terebellida
parent name usage ID: 181511
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: Leuckart, 1849
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted