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Lepidonotus oculatus Baird, 1865

328805  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328805)

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Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Holotype  NHMUK 1863.9.23.3, geounit Australia  
Holotype NHMUK 1863.9.23.3, geounit Australia [details]
Note Australia, unspecified. Baird did not know the...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, unspecified. Baird did not know the collection location. It was collected by Bowerbank "from the seas of Australia" [details]
Etymology Lepidonotus oculatus name derivation is obliquely stated by Baird via the comment that elytra are "near the centre marked...  
Etymology Lepidonotus oculatus name derivation is obliquely stated by Baird via the comment that elytra are "near the centre marked with a large, round, black spot, like an eye." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus oculatus Baird, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328805 on 2024-04-23
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original description Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

redescription Hanley, J. Russell. (1993). Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. pp 305-320. IN: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H., and Lethbridge, R. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia: Perth, Western Australian Museum.
page(s): 314-317, figure 4 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NHMUK 1863.9.23.3, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Lepidonotus oculatus name derivation is obliquely stated by Baird via the comment that elytra are "near the centre marked with a large, round, black spot, like an eye." [details]

Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]

Type locality Australia, unspecified. Baird did not know the collection location. It was collected by Bowerbank "from the seas of Australia" [details]