Thelepus cincinnatus
creator: Bellan, Gérard
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
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 cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131543 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-03-26T12:36:43Z
replaces: 155364
replaces: 340104
replaces: 1350985
replaces: 340105
replaces: 340109
replaces: 340114
replaces: 340115
replaces: 340118
replaces: 340098
replaces: 1443656
replaces: 340126
replaces: 340128
replaces: 340140
replaces: 340131
replaces: 340132
replaces: 341059
replaces: 341060
replaces: 340133
replaces: 1827895
replaces: 340138
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780)
class: Polychaeta
family: Terebellidae
genus: Thelepus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom].
name published in: Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl.
name published in: Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V.
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: Leuckart, R. (1847). Verzeichniss der zur Fauna Helgoland's gehörenden wirbellosen Seethiere. In: H. Frey & R. Leuckart, 1847. Beiträge zur Kenntniss wirbelloser Thiere. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1847. chapter pagination 136-168.
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: Marion, A.-F. (1876 [volume of 1875]). Dragages profonds au large de Marseille. (Juillet-Octobre 1875). Note préliminaire. Revue des Sciences Naturelles. 4 (4): 469-477.
name published in: McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map.
name published in: McIntosh, W.C. 1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. Polychaeta: Hermellidae to Sabellidae. London, Ray Society Vol. 4(1) pp.1-250.
name published in: Parfitt, Edward 1866. Description of a new species of marine worm (Phenacia pulchella). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 3, 18: 1-2.
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: Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12.
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 year: 1870
name published in year: 1780
name published in year: 1860
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1847
name published in year: 1849
name published in year: 1876 [volume of 1875]
name published in year: 1885
name published in year: 1922
name published in year: 1866
name published in year: 1826
name published in year: 1872
name published in year: 1853
name published in year: 1871
order: Terebellida
parent name usage ID: 129714
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: (Fabricius, 1780)
specific epithet: cincinnatus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted