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Laonice Malmgren, 1867

129613  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129613)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Spionida (Order)
  8. Spioniformia (Suborder)
  9. Spionidae (Family)
  10. Laonice (Genus)
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Genus
Aricideopsis Johnson, 1901 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Mandane Kinberg, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Spionides Webster & Benedict, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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  1. Subgenus Laonice (Appelloefia) Sikorski, Gunton & Pavlova, 2017
    1. Species Laonice (Appelloefia) barcinensis Sikorski in Sikorski et al., 2021
    2. Species Laonice (Appelloefia) natae Sikorski, Gunton & Pavlova, 2017
  2. Subgenus Laonice (Laonice) Malmgren, 1867
    1. Species Laonice (Laonice) persica Sikorski, Pavlova, Martin & Gil, 2023
    2. Species Laonice (Laonice) siamica Sikorski, Pavlova, Martin & Gil, 2023
  3. Subgenus Laonice (Norgensia) Sikorski, Gunton & Pavlova, 2017
    1. Species Laonice (Norgensia) costaricensis Sikorski & Pavlova, 2018
    2. Species Laonice (Norgensia) rasmusseni Sikorski & Pavlova, 2018
  4. Subgenus Laonice (Sarsiana) Sikorski, Gunton & Pavlova, 2017
    1. Species Laonice (Sarsiana) alberti Sikorski, Langeneck & Pavlova in Sikorski et al., 2021
    2. Species Laonice (Sarsiana) andamanica Sikorski, Pavlova, Martin & Gil, 2023
    3. Species Laonice (Sarsiana) apicelamella Sikorski, Pavlova, Martin & Gil, 2023
  5. Species Laonice antarcticae Hartman, 1953
  6. Species Laonice antipoda Sikorski, 2011
  7. Species Laonice appelloefi Söderström, 1920
  8. Species Laonice asaccata Sigvaldadóttir & Desbruyères, 2003
  9. Species Laonice ayseniensis Delgado-Blas, Diaz-Diaz & Rozbaczylo, 2024
  10. Species Laonice bahusiensis Söderström, 1920
  11. Species Laonice bassensis Blake & Kudenov, 1978
  12. Species Laonice blakei Sikorsky & Jirkov in Sikorsky, Jirkov & Tsetlin, 1988
  13. Species Laonice branchiata Nonato, Bolívar & Lana, 1986
  14. Species Laonice brevicornis (Kinberg, 1866)
  15. Species Laonice brevicristata Pillai, 1961
  16. Species Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851)
  17. Species Laonice cricketae Sikorski & Pavlova, 2016
  18. Species Laonice dayianum Sikorski, 1997
  19. Species Laonice galatheae Sikorski & Pavlova, 2016
  20. Species Laonice grimaldii Sikorski, Nygren & Mikac, in Sikorski et al. 2021
  21. Species Laonice hermaphroditica Blake & Kudenov, 1978
  22. Species Laonice irinae Sikorski, Radashevsky & Nygren in Sikorski et al, 2021
  23. Species Laonice japonica (Moore, 1907)
  24. Species Laonice junoyi Aguirrezabalaga & Ceberio, 2005
  25. Species Laonice kasyanovi Radashevsky & Sikorski in Radashevsky et al., 2023
  26. Species Laonice lemniscata Greaves, Meißner & Wilson, 2011
  27. Species Laonice magnacristata Maciolek, 2000
  28. Species Laonice mediterranea Sikorski, Nygren & Rousou, in Sikorski et. al. 2021
  29. Species Laonice norgensis Sikorski, 2003
  30. Species Laonice nuchala Blake, 1996
  31. Species Laonice olgae Sikorski & Pavlova, 2016
  32. Species Laonice papillibranchiae Ward, 1981
  33. Species Laonice parvabranchiata Radashevsky & Lana, 2009
  34. Species Laonice pectinata Greaves, Meißner & Wilson, 2011
  35. Species Laonice pinnulata Radashevsky & Lana, 2009
  36. Species Laonice plumisetosa Bogantes, Halanych & Meißner, 2018
  37. Species Laonice postcirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
  38. Species Laonice praecirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
  39. Species Laonice rossica Sikorski, 2003
  40. Species Laonice sarsi Söderström, 1920
  41. Species Laonice shamrockensis Sikorski, 2003
  42. Species Laonice shulseae Neal, Wiklund, Rabone, Dahlgren & Glover, 2022
  43. Species Laonice sinica Sikorskii & Wu, 1998
  44. Species Laonice vieitezi López, 2011
  45. Species Laonice weddellia Hartman, 1978
  46. Species Laonice whittardensis Sikorski, Gunton & Pavlova, 2017
  47. Species Laonice annenkowae Zachs, 1925 accepted as Marenzelleria arctia (Chamberlin, 1920) (subjective synonym)
  48. Species Laonice aperata Radashevsky & Lana, 2009 accepted as Laonice brevicornis (Kinberg, 1866) (subjective synonym)
  49. Species Laonice foliata (Moore, 1923) accepted as Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) (recombination of subjective synonym)
  50. Species Laonice insolita Greaves, Meißner & Wilson, 2011 accepted as Aonidella insolita (Greaves, Meißner & Wilson, 2011) (superseded original combination)
  51. Species Laonice maciolekae Aguirrezabalaga & Ceberio, 2005 accepted as Laonice appelloefi Söderström, 1920 (subjective synonym)
  52. Species Laonice petersenae Radashevsky & Lana, 2009 accepted as Laonice brevicornis (Kinberg, 1866) (subjective synonym)
  53. Species Laonice pugettensis Banse & Hobson, 1968 accepted as Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) (subjective synonym)
  54. Species Laonice quadridentata Blake & Kudenov, 1978 accepted as Laonice brevicornis (Kinberg, 1866) (subjective synonym)
  55. Species Laonice sacculata (Moore, 1923) accepted as Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) (recombination of subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 91 [details] 
Note Type species Nerine cirrata Sars 1850 in...  
Unreviewed
Type species Type species Nerine cirrata Sars 1850 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. Laonice could refer to the character Laonice, sister of Timagène and confident of Cléopâtre in...  
Etymology Not stated, uncertain. Laonice could refer to the character Laonice, sister of Timagène and confident of Cléopâtre in the tragedy in five acts 'Rodogune', by Pierre Corneille (1606-1684). It could also refer to Laonice, referred by the Greek traveler and geographer Pausanias (c. AD 110 - c. 180) in his work 'Description of Greece'. According to Pausanias, Laonice was the wife of Lebadeus, after whom the name of the city Mideia, in Phocis (Ancient Greece), was changed to Lebadeia [details]

Taxonomy The genus Laonice is established briefly by Malmgren (1867: 91), stating that the species Scolecolepis cirrata ''Ad...  
Taxonomy The genus Laonice is established briefly by Malmgren (1867: 91), stating that the species Scolecolepis cirrata ''Ad proprium genus novum: Laonice n. pertiens''. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Laonice Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129613 on 2025-05-05
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2017-02-17 09:55:21Z
changed
Gil, João

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Nomenclature

original description Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 91 [details] 

original description (of Mandane Kinberg, 1866) Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(4): 239-258., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339515
page(s): 253; note: created for Mandane brevicornis [details] 

original description (of Aricideopsis Johnson, 1901) Johnson, Herbert Parlin. (1901). The Polychaeta of the Puget Sound region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 29(18): 381-437, plates 1-19., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsbost07unkngoog#page/n436/mode/2up
page(s): 413 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Spionides Webster & Benedict, 1887) Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 735 [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Sikorski, Andrey V. (2011). Review of <i>Laonice</i> (Spionidae, Annelida) with remarks on several species and a description of a new species from South Africa. <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 78(S1): 201-214., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.617218
page(s): 104 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Sikorski, Andrey; Pavlova, Lyudmila V. (2016). Three new species of <em>Laonice </em>(Polychaete: Spionidae) from West and Southwest Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4097(3): 353-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.4
note: Discusses within-genus species groups [details] 

taxonomy source Bogantes, Viktoria E.; Halanych, Kenneth M.; Meißner, Karin. (2018). Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of North Atlantic <i>Laonice</i> Malmgren, 1867 (Spionidae, Annelida) including the description of a novel species. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(2): 737-749., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-018-0859-8
note: new species, and discusses lack of molecular confirmation for Sikorski et al (2017) new subgenera [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Sikorski, Andrey; Pavlova, Lyudmila; Martin, Daniel; Gil, João. (2023). New sublittoral species of <em>Laonice</em> (Annelida: Spionidae) from southern Asian coasts. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5277(3): 490-508., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5277.3.3
note: 4 new species, with key for Asian Indo-Pacific species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Identification resource

identification resource Delgado-Blas, Víctor H.; Diaz-Diaz, Oscar; Rozbaczylo, Nicolás. (2024). <em>Laonice</em> Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Aysén region in southern Chile with description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5551(1): 157-166., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5551.1.7
page(s): 165, key; note: Key to Laonice species from South America [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

additional source 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 Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details] 

 
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Etymology Not stated, uncertain. Laonice could refer to the character Laonice, sister of Timagène and confident of Cléopâtre in the tragedy in five acts 'Rodogune', by Pierre Corneille (1606-1684). It could also refer to Laonice, referred by the Greek traveler and geographer Pausanias (c. AD 110 - c. 180) in his work 'Description of Greece'. According to Pausanias, Laonice was the wife of Lebadeus, after whom the name of the city Mideia, in Phocis (Ancient Greece), was changed to Lebadeia [details]

Taxonomy The genus Laonice is established briefly by Malmgren (1867: 91), stating that the species Scolecolepis cirrata ''Ad proprium genus novum: Laonice n. pertiens''. [details]

Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type species Type species Nerine cirrata Sars 1850 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
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