WoRMS taxon details
Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897
129432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129432)
accepted
Genus
Aonides gracilis Tauber, 1879 accepted as Levinsenia gracilis (Tauber, 1879) (type by subsequent designation)
Periquesta Brito & Núñez, 2002 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Tauberia Strelzov, 1973 · unaccepted (ICZN Opinion 1139)
- Species Levinsenia acutibranchiata (Strelzov, 1973)
- Species Levinsenia antarctica (Strelzov, 1973)
- Species Levinsenia barwicki Lovell & Fitzhugh, 2020
- Species Levinsenia blakei Ranauro, Barroso & Nogueira, 2020
- Species Levinsenia brevibranchiata (Strelzov, 1973)
- Species Levinsenia canariensis (Brito & Núñez, 2002)
- Species Levinsenia demiri Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011
- Species Levinsenia duodecimbranchiata Cantone, 1994
- Species Levinsenia flava (Strelzov, 1973)
- Species Levinsenia gracilis (Tauber, 1879)
- Species Levinsenia hawaiiensis Giere, Ebbe & Erséus, 2007
- Species Levinsenia kantauriensis Aguirrezabalaga & Gil, 2009
- Species Levinsenia kirbyae Lovell, 2002
- Species Levinsenia kosswigi Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011
- Species Levinsenia lesliae Ranauro, Barroso & Nogueira, 2020
- Species Levinsenia longobranchiata Erdoğan-Dereli & Çinar, 2021
- Species Levinsenia marmarensis Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011
- Species Levinsenia materi Çinar & Dagli, 2013
- Species Levinsenia multibranchiata (Hartman, 1957)
- Species Levinsenia oculata (Hartman, 1957)
- Species Levinsenia oligobranchiata (Strelzov, 1973)
- Species Levinsenia paivai Ranauro, Barroso & Nogueira, 2020
- Species Levinsenia pycnobranchiata (Fauchald, 1972)
- Species Levinsenia reducta (Hartman, 1965)
- Species Levinsenia tribranchiata Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011
- Species Levinsenia uncinata (Hartman, 1965)
- Species Levinsenia vulgaris Erdoğan-Dereli & Çinar, 2021
- Species Levinsenia fulgens (Levinsen, 1884) accepted as Paraonis fulgens (Levinsen, 1884) (superseded recombination)
- Species Levinsenia kirbyorum [misspelling for kirbyae] accepted as Levinsenia kirbyae Lovell, 2002 (incorrect subsequent spelling changing latinization)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. II. Remarques complémentaires sur les Spionidiens. La famille nouvelle des Disomidiens. La place des Aonides (sensu Tauber, Levinsen). <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 83-100., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721719
page(s): 93-94 [details]
page(s): 93-94 [details]
Note Two previously described Aonides species,...
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Type species Two previously described Aonides species, 'fulgens' and 'gracilis' were included by Mesnil in new genus Levinsenia, but no type was designated then or later. Type species decreed to be Aonides gracilis Tauber, 1879 by ICZN Opinion 1139 [details]
Etymology Not stated but obviously named for G. M. R. (Georg Marius Reinald) Levinsen (1850-1914) who had described Aonides fulgens...
Taxonomy Mesnil (1897: 93) in a heading names Levinsenia for Aonides sensu of Tauber and of Levinsen, and states it is a genus for...
Etymology Not stated but obviously named for G. M. R. (Georg Marius Reinald) Levinsen (1850-1914) who had described Aonides fulgens in 1884 (now Paraonis fulgens). Aonides gracilis Tauber was also included, and later was decreed (ICZN) the type species. [details]
Taxonomy Mesnil (1897: 93) in a heading names Levinsenia for Aonides sensu of Tauber and of Levinsen, and states it is a genus for...
Taxonomy Mesnil (1897: 93) in a heading names Levinsenia for Aonides sensu of Tauber and of Levinsen, and states it is a genus for Aonides fulgens and Aonides gracilis. Here in the text he does not use these species names as combinations in Levinsenia. However, he does use the new combinations Levinsenia fulgens and Levinsenia gracilis in the figure captions on page 99. Thus Mesnil (1897) is the first usage of these combinations, and not Mesnil & Caullery (1898: 136–138) where L. gracilis is again figured. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129432 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. II. Remarques complémentaires sur les Spionidiens. La famille nouvelle des Disomidiens. La place des Aonides (sensu Tauber, Levinsen). <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 83-100., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721719
page(s): 93-94 [details]
original description (of Tauberia Strelzov, 1973) Strelzov, V.E. (1973). МНОГОЩЕТИНКОВЫЕ ЧЕРВИ семейства Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [Polychaete worms of the family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria)]. Akademia Nauk. Moscow. 1-170., available online at http://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/streltsov1973_paraonidae.pdf
page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Periquesta Brito & Núñez, 2002) Brito, María del Carmen; Núñez, Jorge. (2002). A new genus and species of Questidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the central Macaronesian region and a cladistic analysis of the family. <em>Sarsia.</em> 87(4): 281-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364820260400780
page(s): 282-284 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 93-94 [details]
original description (of Tauberia Strelzov, 1973) Strelzov, V.E. (1973). МНОГОЩЕТИНКОВЫЕ ЧЕРВИ семейства Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [Polychaete worms of the family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria)]. Akademia Nauk. Moscow. 1-170., available online at http://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/streltsov1973_paraonidae.pdf
page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Periquesta Brito & Núñez, 2002) Brito, María del Carmen; Núñez, Jorge. (2002). A new genus and species of Questidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the central Macaronesian region and a cladistic analysis of the family. <em>Sarsia.</em> 87(4): 281-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364820260400780
page(s): 282-284 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Mesnil, Félix; Caullery, Maurice. (1898). Études de morphologie externe chez les annélides. IV. La famille nouvelle des Leviséniens. Révision des Ariciens - affinités des deux familles. Les Apistobranchiens. <em>Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 31: 126-151, plate VI., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10708498 [details]
status source Strelzov, V.; Uschakov, P. (1975). <i>Paraonis</i> Grube, 1873 (Polychaeta, Paraonidae): proposed use of the plenary powers to designate a type-species in harmony with current use. Z.N.(S.) 1993. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 32(3): 146-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12225761 [details]
status source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1979). Opinion 1139: <i>Paraonis</i> Grube, 1873 (Polychaeta, Paraonidae): designation of a type species under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 36(2): 114-118., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12227017 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Strelzov, V.; Uschakov, P. (1975). <i>Paraonis</i> Grube, 1873 (Polychaeta, Paraonidae): proposed use of the plenary powers to designate a type-species in harmony with current use. Z.N.(S.) 1993. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 32(3): 146-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12225761 [details]
status source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1979). Opinion 1139: <i>Paraonis</i> Grube, 1873 (Polychaeta, Paraonidae): designation of a type species under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 36(2): 114-118., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12227017 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Lovell, Lawrence L.; Fitzhugh, Kirk. (2020). Taking a closer look: an SEM review of <em>Levinsenia</em> species (Polychaeta: Paraonidae) reported from California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4751(2): 256-275., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4751.2.3
page(s): 271, table & key; note: for California species a table of differentiating characters and a key to species [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 271, table & key; note: for California species a table of differentiating characters and a key to species [details] Available for editors
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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 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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated but obviously named for G. M. R. (Georg Marius Reinald) Levinsen (1850-1914) who had described Aonides fulgens in 1884 (now Paraonis fulgens). Aonides gracilis Tauber was also included, and later was decreed (ICZN) the type species. [details]Grammatical gender Although named after a man (Georg Marius Reinald Levinsen) Levinsenia is feminine because Mesnil did not specify gender, nor indicate he knew Levinsen was a man, combined with that the genus name ends in an -a (decreed by Art.30.2.4). In ICZN Opinion 1139 of 1979 it is also stated that Levinsenia is feminine (as is Paraonis). [details]
Taxonomy Mesnil (1897: 93) in a heading names Levinsenia for Aonides sensu of Tauber and of Levinsen, and states it is a genus for Aonides fulgens and Aonides gracilis. Here in the text he does not use these species names as combinations in Levinsenia. However, he does use the new combinations Levinsenia fulgens and Levinsenia gracilis in the figure captions on page 99. Thus Mesnil (1897) is the first usage of these combinations, and not Mesnil & Caullery (1898: 136–138) where L. gracilis is again figured. [details]
Type species Two previously described Aonides species, 'fulgens' and 'gracilis' were included by Mesnil in new genus Levinsenia, but no type was designated then or later. Type species decreed to be Aonides gracilis Tauber, 1879 by ICZN Opinion 1139 [details]
