WoRMS name details
Leocrates cupreus (Grube, 1867)
335097 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335097)
unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Species
- Subspecies Leocrates cupreus iridis [nomen nudum] (unaccepted > nomen nudum, lapsus, text misinterpretation. No original author, no such taxon named by Grube)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lamprophaes cuprea Grube, 1867) Grube, A.E. (1867). Neue anneliden aus den Gattungen Eunice, Hesione, Lamprophaës, und Travisia. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 44: 64-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46548206 [details] 
Taxonomy Known in catalogues as Leocrates cupreus iridis, rather than the correct L. cupreus. However, there is no such taxon as L....
Taxonomy Known in catalogues as Leocrates cupreus iridis, rather than the correct L. cupreus. However, there is no such taxon as L. cupreus iridis. Leocrates cupreus (Grube, 1867) is a recombination of Lamprophaes cuprea Grube, 1867, as Grube realised his monotypic genus based on a worm from Samoa was the same as Kinberg's Leocrates. Grube refers to his original name as Lamprophaes cupreus, which is a mistake as he originally used the spelling 'cuprea', unless he was indicating Lamprophaes is masculine, and the mistake was in the original name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leocrates cupreus (Grube, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335097 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lamprophaes cuprea Grube, 1867) Grube, A.E. (1867). Neue anneliden aus den Gattungen Eunice, Hesione, Lamprophaës, und Travisia. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur. Breslau.</em> 44: 64-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46548206 [details]
new combination reference Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 106 []; note: redescription of Lamprophaes cuprea as Leocrates cupreus, thus making Lamprophaes a synonym of Leocrates. [details]
new combination reference Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 106 []; note: redescription of Lamprophaes cuprea as Leocrates cupreus, thus making Lamprophaes a synonym of Leocrates. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 187; note: Hartman lists Lamprophaes cuprea as a synonym of Leocrates chinensis, the type species of the genus. This synonymy is assumed to come from an earlier taxonomist. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 187; note: Hartman lists Lamprophaes cuprea as a synonym of Leocrates chinensis, the type species of the genus. This synonymy is assumed to come from an earlier taxonomist. [details] Available for editors
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Specimen Bohol Philippines and Samoa [details]Taxonomy Known in catalogues as Leocrates cupreus iridis, rather than the correct L. cupreus. However, there is no such taxon as L. cupreus iridis. Leocrates cupreus (Grube, 1867) is a recombination of Lamprophaes cuprea Grube, 1867, as Grube realised his monotypic genus based on a worm from Samoa was the same as Kinberg's Leocrates. Grube refers to his original name as Lamprophaes cupreus, which is a mistake as he originally used the spelling 'cuprea', unless he was indicating Lamprophaes is masculine, and the mistake was in the original name. [details]
