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Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808)

To NHMUK collection (Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808); holotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538404)
To NHMUK collection (Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808); holotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538404)

130800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130800)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Polynoidae (Family)
  9. Lepidonotinae (Subfamily)
  10. Lepidonotus (Genus)
  11. Lepidonotus clava (Species)
accepted
Species
Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Eumolpe squamata Blainville, 1828 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe clypeata Grube, 1860 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe dorsalis Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe fuscescens Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe grubiana Claparède, 1870 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe modesta Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Polynoe squamata Grube, 1838 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 9: 81-114, pls. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/757838
page(s): 108-109, plate VII fig. 3 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  NHMUK 1972.6, geounit England  
Holotype NHMUK 1972.6, geounit England [details]
, Type locality contained in Devon  
type locality contained in Devon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130800 on 2026-07-13
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2007-01-23 08:53:40Z
checked
Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

original description (of Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 9: 81-114, pls. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/757838
page(s): 108-109, plate VII fig. 3 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Eumolpe squamata Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522 [details] 

original description (of Polynoe clypeata Grube, 1860) Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453
page(s): 71-72, plate III fig. 1; note: Grube uses Polynoe with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Polynoe dorsalis Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Polynoe fuscescens Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Polynoe grubiana Claparède, 1870) Claparède, Édouard. (1870). Les Annélides Chétopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplément. <em>Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 20(2): 365-542 [separate pagination at page top, continuous pagination at bottom]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2094031 [details] 

original description (of Polynoe modesta Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. de. (1866 (1865)). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <em>Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.</em> <b>Volume 1.</b> 1-588., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV9IAAAAYAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Polynoe squamata Grube, 1838) Grube, Adolf Eduard. (1838). <em>Zur Anatomie und Physiologie der Kiemenwürmer.</em> Königsberg: Gebrüdern Bornträger. i-vi + 77 pp., plates I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10024
page(s): 60-62, plate II fig. 13 [details] 

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Bourne, A.G. 1883. On certain points in the anatomy of the Polynoina, and on the Polynoë (Lepidonotus, Leach) clava of Montagu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Ser. 2, zoology, 2(7): 347-356., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1884.tb00290.x [details] 

additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details] 

additional source 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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Johnston, G. (1865). A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. <em>[book].</em> 1-365. British Museum. London. [See also separate entry for Baird supplement]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12291 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Marenzeller, E. von. (1875). Zur Kenntniss der adriatischen Anneliden. Zweiter Beitrag. (Polynoinen, Hesioneen, Syllideen). <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 72 (1): 129-171, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8773985
page(s): 129-133 [details] 

additional source Orlandi, Sigismondo. (1896). Di alcuni anellidi policheti del Mediterraneo. <em>Atti della Società Ligustica di Scienze Naturali e Geografiche.</em> 7: 145-161, plate II., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=1QpLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 147-148, plate II figs. 1-2 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Seidler, Hans J. (1923 (1924?)). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Polynoiden, I. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 89A(11): 1-217, 22 text figures, 2 plates (maps)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13211981
page(s): 52-55 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31(47): 1-160., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34773787
page(s): 50-51 [details] 

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. <em>2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2.</em> 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy McIntosh, W.C. 1900. A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1(l2): 215-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38577949 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NHMUK 1972.6, geounit England [details]
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To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidonotus clava) 
To GenBank (1890 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To NHMUK collection (Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808); holotype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538404) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (10 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (Holotype USNM 47772) (from synonym Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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