World Polychaeta Database - Lamelleulepethus Pettibone, 1986

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Lamelleulepethus Pettibone, 1986

AphiaID

324815 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324815)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Lamelleulepethus orensanzi Pettibone, 1986 (type by original designation)

Parent

Eulepethidae Chamberlin, 1919

Original name

Lamelleulepethus Pettibone, 1986

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Species Lamelleulepethus biminiensis Pettibone, 1986
Species Lamelleulepethus orensanzi Pettibone, 1986

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Pettibone, Marian H. (1986). Additions to the family Eulepethidae Chamberlin (Polychaeta: Aphroditacea). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 441: 1-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.441
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Descriptive notes

Etymology author: "From the Latin Lamella (plate) plus the generic epithet Eulepethus, referring to the presence of the...

Etymology author: "From the Latin Lamella (plate) plus the generic epithet Eulepethus, referring to the presence of the characteristic ventral lamellae on the eulepethid polychaete" [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lamelleulepethus Pettibone, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324815 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-03-05 14:39:51Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2017-02-12 21:27:49Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Pettibone, Marian H. (1986). Additions to the family Eulepethidae Chamberlin (Polychaeta: Aphroditacea). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 441: 1-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.441
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Diagnosis Lamelleulepethus agrees with Grubeulepis Pettibone in all respects, except for the addition of the unique large ventral lamellae on the middle region of the body. Although differing in shape and arrangement, they are like the ventral lamellae in Gastrolepidia Schmarda and Paralepidonotus Horst in the Polynoidae because they all have similar attachment on the ventrolateral sides of the bases of the neuropodia. [details]

Etymology author: "From the Latin Lamella (plate) plus the generic epithet Eulepethus, referring to the presence of the characteristic ventral lamellae on the eulepethid polychaete" [details]

Grammatical gender masculine (fide author) [details]

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