RAS taxon details
Thelepus Leuckart, 1849
129714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129714)
accepted
Genus
- Species Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780)
- Species Thelepus setosus (Quatrefages, 1866)
- Species Thelepus plagiostoma (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861 (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 169-171 [details]
page(s): 169-171 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Thelepus Leuckart, 1849. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129714 on 2025-04-01
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Thelepus Leuckart, 1849. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129714 on 2025-04-01
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Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 15(1): 149-208, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13705776
page(s): 169-171 [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1987). The Thelepinae (Terebellidae) from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 217-250.
page(s): 226; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus): emended to include species having from zero to three pairs of branchiae [details]
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 Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 386-387; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
identification resource Hsueh, Pan-Wen; Li, Kuo-Rong. (2016). New species of Thelepodidae (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta) from Taiwan. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4170(3): 510-524., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4170.3.5
note: Table of Thelepus species [details] Available for editors
identification resource Jirkov, Igor. (2018). Three new species of <i>Thelepus</i> Leuckart, 1849 from Europe and a re-description of <i>T. cincinnatus</i> (Fabricius, 1780) (Annelida, Terebellidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 759: 29-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.759.22981
page(s): table 2; note: Synoptic table for species with two branchiferous segments [details] Available for editors
page(s): 169-171 [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1987). The Thelepinae (Terebellidae) from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 7: 217-250.
page(s): 226; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus): emended to include species having from zero to three pairs of branchiae [details]
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 Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 386-387; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
identification resource Hsueh, Pan-Wen; Li, Kuo-Rong. (2016). New species of Thelepodidae (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta) from Taiwan. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4170(3): 510-524., available online at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4170.3.5
note: Table of Thelepus species [details] Available for editors
identification resource Jirkov, Igor. (2018). Three new species of <i>Thelepus</i> Leuckart, 1849 from Europe and a re-description of <i>T. cincinnatus</i> (Fabricius, 1780) (Annelida, Terebellidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 759: 29-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.759.22981
page(s): table 2; note: Synoptic table for species with two branchiferous segments [details] Available for editors
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