MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leptonerilla Westheide & Purschke, 1996

Polychaeta taxon details

Leptonerilla Westheide & Purschke, 1996

AphiaID

324615 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324615)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Leptonerilla diplocirrata Westheide & Purschke, 1996

Parent

Nerillidae Levinsen, 1883

Direct children (3)

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Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Westheide, W.; Purschke, G. (1996). Leptonerilla diplocirrata, a new genus and species of interstitial polychaetes from the island of Hainan, south China (Nerillidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109(3): 586-590, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645193
page(s): 587 [details]

Descriptive notes

Etymology authors" "Lepto" is a greek prefix for "thin, small, minute" to which "-nerilla" is attached referring to a nerillid

Etymology authors" "Lepto" is a greek prefix for "thin, small, minute" to which "-nerilla" is attached referring to a nerillid [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Leptonerilla Westheide & Purschke, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324615 on 2024-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-05 14:39:51Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2015-07-17 09:47:47Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Westheide, W.; Purschke, G. (1996). Leptonerilla diplocirrata, a new genus and species of interstitial polychaetes from the island of Hainan, south China (Nerillidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109(3): 586-590, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645193
page(s): 587 [details]

From editor or global species database

Etymology authors" "Lepto" is a greek prefix for "thin, small, minute" to which "-nerilla" is attached referring to a nerillid [details]

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