Polychaeta name details
Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900
338232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338232)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Protothelepus Verrill, 1900 accepted as Thelepus Leuckart, 1849
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype YPM 2864, geounit Bermuda
, Note Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate...
Holotype YPM 2864, geounit Bermuda [details]
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Type locality Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 32.29°, -64.76°). [details]
Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water.
Distribution Western Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda.
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet tenuis is a Latin adjective meaning 'thin', 'slender' or...
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda.
Distribution Western Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda. [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet tenuis is a Latin adjective meaning 'thin', 'slender' or...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet tenuis is a Latin adjective meaning 'thin', 'slender' or 'fine', and it could refer to the branchiae, described as being "very long and slender" (Verrill, 1900: 663), or maybe to the shape of the body of the species. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Protothelepus tenuis Verrill, 1900. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338232 on 2025-04-17
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Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). A revision of the genus <i>Euthelepus</i> (Terebellidae: Thelepinae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38: 105-117., available online at http://10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.177
page(s): 114, fig. 4i, table 1; note: as Thelepus tenuis [details]
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). A revision of the genus <i>Euthelepus</i> (Terebellidae: Thelepinae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38: 105-117., available online at http://10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.177
page(s): 114, fig. 4i, table 1; note: as Thelepus tenuis [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water. [details]Distribution Western Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda. [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet tenuis is a Latin adjective meaning 'thin', 'slender' or 'fine', and it could refer to the branchiae, described as being "very long and slender" (Verrill, 1900: 663), or maybe to the shape of the body of the species. [details]
Habitat Sand, probably at shallow water. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Bermuda, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 32.29°, -64.76°). [details]
