World Polychaeta Database - Leanira adenensis Pettibone, 1970

Polychaeta taxon details

Leanira adenensis Pettibone, 1970

AphiaID

328680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328680)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leanira Kinberg, 1856

Original name

Leanira adenensis Pettibone, 1970

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Pettibone, Marian H. 1970. Revision of some species referred to Leanira Kinberg (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 53: 1-25., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/6312
page(s): 17-19, fig. 9a-m [details]

Type data

Note Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden

Type locality Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leanira adenensis Pettibone, 1970. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328680 on 2026-09-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

original description Pettibone, Marian H. 1970. Revision of some species referred to Leanira Kinberg (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 53: 1-25., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/handle/10088/6312
page(s): 17-19, fig. 9a-m [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)