''Lepidonotus'' is a genus of marine
annelid
The annelids (Annelida , from Latin ', "little ring"), also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to various ecol ...
s in the family
Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus occurs globally and includes 80 species, usually found in shallow waters down to about 80 metres.
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Description
Body dorsoventrally flattened, short, with 26 segments and 12 pairs of
elytra on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23.
Prostomium with three
antennae; lateral antennae continuous with prostomium, laterally to median antenna.
Parapodia with elongate acicular lobes with both
acicula penetrating
epidermis
The epidermis is the outermost of the three layers that comprise the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis. The epidermis layer provides a barrier to infection from environmental pathogens and regulates the amount of water rele ...
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Notochaetae slender and densely serrated.
Neurochaetae much more stout, with rows of spines distally and
unidentate
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and/or
bidentate tips (see Barnich & Fiege, 2003 for detailed diagnosis)
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Species
The following species of ''Lepidonotus'' were accepted as valid as of June 2020:
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Lepidonotus adspersus
''Lepidonotus'' is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus occurs globally and includes 80 species, usually found in shallow waters down to about 80 metres.
Description
Body dorsoventrally flattened, sho ...
'' (Grube, 1878)
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Lepidonotus aeololepis
''Lepidonotus'' is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus occurs globally and includes 80 species, usually found in shallow waters down to about 80 metres.
Description
Body dorsoventrally flattened, sho ...
'' Haswell, 1883
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Lepidonotus albopustulatus
''Lepidonotus'' is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus occurs globally and includes 80 species, usually found in shallow waters down to about 80 metres.
Description
Body dorsoventrally flattened, sho ...
'' Horst, 1915
*''Lepidonotus ambigua'' Knox, 1960
*''Lepidonotus angustus'' Verrill, 1873
*''Lepidonotus antillarum'' (Schmarda, 1861)
*''Lepidonotus arenosus'' Ehlers, 1901
*''Lepidonotus austera'' (Grube, 1878)
*''Lepidonotus australiensis'' Seidler, 1924
*''Lepidonotus australis'' (Schmarda, 1861)
*''Lepidonotus banksi'' Knox, 1951
*''Lepidonotus bicornis'' (Uschakov, 1982)
*''Lepidonotus bowerbanki'' Baird, 1865
*''Lepidonotus brasiliensis'' (Quatrefages, 1866)
*''Lepidonotus brevicornis'' Quatrefages, 1865
*''Lepidonotus brunneus'' Day, 1975
*''Lepidonotus caelorus'' Moore, 1903
*''Lepidonotus caeruleus'' Kinberg, 1856
*''Lepidonotus carinulatus'' (Grube, 1869)
*''Lepidonotus citrifrons'' Augener, 1906
*''Lepidonotus clava'' (Montagu, 1808)
*''Lepidonotus cristatus'' (Grube, 1876)
*''Lepidonotus crosslandi'' Monro, 1928
*''Lepidonotus cryptocephalus'' (Grube, 1878)
*''Lepidonotus dentatus'' Okuda in Okuda & Yamada, 1954
*''Lepidonotus durbanensis'' Day, 1934
*''Lepidonotus elongatus'' Marenzeller, 1902
*''Lepidonotus fiordlandicus'' Knox, 1956
*''Lepidonotus furcillatus'' Ehlers, 1901
*''Lepidonotus fusicirrus'' (Schmarda, 1861)
*''Lepidonotus glaber'' Imajima, 1997
*''Lepidonotus glaucus'' (Peters, 1854)
*''Lepidonotus hainanicus'' Uschakov, 1982
*''Lepidonotus havaicus'' Kinberg, 1856
*''Lepidonotus hedleyi'' Benham, 1915
*''Lepidonotus helotypus'' (Grube, 1877)
*''Lepidonotus hermenioides'' Amoureux, 1974
*''Lepidonotus hupferi'' Augener, 1918
*''Lepidonotus impatiens'' (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818)
*''Lepidonotus jacksoni'' Kinberg, 1855
*''Lepidonotus javanicus'' Horst, 1917
*''Lepidonotus lacteus'' (Ehlers, 1887)
*''Lepidonotus lissolepis'' Haswell, 1883
*''Lepidonotus magnatuberculata'' Seidler, 1923
*''Lepidonotus malayanus'' Horst, 1915
*''Lepidonotus margaritaceus'' Kinberg, 1856
*''Lepidonotus melanogrammus'' Haswell, 1883
*''Lepidonotus natalensis'' Day, 1951
*''Lepidonotus nesophilus'' Chamberlin, 1919
*''Lepidonotus oculatus'' Baird, 1865
*''Lepidonotus onisciformis'' Ehlers, 1918
*''Lepidonotus panamensis'' Hartman, 1939
*''Lepidonotus pellucidus'' Dyster in Johnston, 1865
*''Lepidonotus permixturus'' Hanley & Burke, 1991
*''Lepidonotus polae'' Wehe, 2006
*''Lepidonotus polychromus'' Schmarda, 1861
*''Lepidonotus purpureus'' Potts, 1910
*''Lepidonotus pustulatus'' Potts, 1910
*''Lepidonotus rossii'' Leach in Ross, 1819
*''Lepidonotus ruber'' Horst, 1917
*''Lepidonotus sagamianus'' (Izuka, 1912)
*''Lepidonotus savignyi'' (Grube, 1856)
*''Lepidonotus scanlandi'' Hanley & Burke, 1991
*''Lepidonotus scoticensis'' Nolte, 1936
*''Lepidonotus semisculptus'' Johnston, 1865
*''Lepidonotus semitectus'' (Stimpson, 1856)
*''Lepidonotus simplicipes'' Haswell, 1883
*''Lepidonotus spiculus'' (Treadwell, 1906)
*''Lepidonotus spinosus'' Hanley & Burke, 1991
*''Lepidonotus squamatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
*''Lepidonotus stellatus'' Baird, 1865
*''Lepidonotus stephensoni'' Monro, 1931
*''Lepidonotus sublevis'' Verrill, 1873
*''Lepidonotus tenuisetosus'' (Gravier, 1902)
*''Lepidonotus tomentosus'' (Grube, 1856)
*''Lepidonotus torresiensis'' Haswell, 1883
*''Lepidonotus vandersandei'' Horst, 1917
*''Lepidonotus variabilis'' Webster, 1879
*''Lepidonotus wahlbergi'' Kinberg, 1856
*''Lepidonotus yorkianus'' Augener, 1922
References
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Phyllodocida
Polychaete genera