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WoRMS taxon detailsLepidonotus oculatus Baird, 1865
328805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328805)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
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
page(s): 184-185 [no figures] [details] 
Holotype NHMUK 1863.9.23.3, geounit Australia
Holotype NHMUK 1863.9.23.3, geounit Australia [details] 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.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus oculatus Baird, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328805 on 2025-06-05
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Nomenclatureoriginal 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 page(s): 184-185 [no figures] [details] Taxonomyredescription
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  [request]Otheradditional source
Haswell, William A. (1883). A monograph of the Australian Aphroditea. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 7: 250-298, plates 6-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6461975
page(s): 281 [details] 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): 43-47, figs. 3-8 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio 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] |
