WoRMS taxon details
Lepidonotus cristatus (Grube, 1876)
209659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209659)
accepted
Species
Polynoe cristata Grube, 1876 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Polynoe tumorifera Grube, 1876 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Lepidonotus cristatus ornatus Potts, 1910
- Subspecies Lepidonotus cristatus echinatus Potts, 1910 accepted as Lepidonotus oculatus echinatus Potts, 1910 (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polynoe cristata Grube, 1876) Grube, A. E. (1876). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditeen (Gruppe Polynoina, Acoëta, Polylepidea). <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesiche Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.</em> 53: 46-72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37132794 [details] 
Holotype NHMUK 1924.3.1.110, geounit Chagos Archipelago
, Type locality contained in Pandanon
Holotype NHMUK 1924.3.1.110, geounit Chagos Archipelago [details]
type locality contained in Pandanon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Distribution: Philippine Islands, Amboina, West Australia and Indian Ocean (Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
Distribution Distribution: Philippine Islands, Amboina, West Australia and Indian Ocean (Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus cristatus (Grube, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209659 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polynoe cristata Grube, 1876) Grube, A. E. (1876). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditeen (Gruppe Polynoina, Acoëta, Polylepidea). <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesiche Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.</em> 53: 46-72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37132794 [details] 
original description (of Polynoe tumorifera Grube, 1876) Grube, A. E. (1876). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditeen (Gruppe Polynoina, Acoëta, Polylepidea). <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesiche Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.</em> 53: 46-72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37132794 [details]
original description (of Polynoe tumorifera Grube, 1876) Grube, A. E. (1876). Bemerkungen über die Familie der Aphroditeen (Gruppe Polynoina, Acoëta, Polylepidea). <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesiche Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau.</em> 53: 46-72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37132794 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Wehe, Thomas. (2006). Revision of the scale worms (Polychaeta:Aphroditoidea) occurring in the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Part I: Polynoidae. <i>Fauna of Arabia</i>. 22: 23–197.
page(s): 92-96, figure 18 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 92-96, figure 18 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. and Sun, Ruiping. (2004). Polychaeta (Annelida) of Hainan Island, South China Sea Part III. Aphroditoidea. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 9:285-329., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006794439/en [details] Available for editors
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additional source McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 67-69, Pl. XI figs. 2-3, Pl. XVIII fig. 1, Pl. XA figs. 10-11 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 67-69, Pl. XI figs. 2-3, Pl. XVIII fig. 1, Pl. XA figs. 10-11 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors






Holotype NHMUK 1924.3.1.110, geounit Chagos Archipelago [details]
Unreviewed
Authority Grube is the original author according to Fauvel(1953). [details]Distribution Distribution: Philippine Islands, Amboina, West Australia and Indian Ocean (Fauvel,1953); tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]