WoRMS taxon details
Leodora Saint-Joseph, 1894
129633 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129633)
accepted
Genus
Spirorbis laevis Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Leodora laevis (Quatrefages, 1866) (type by monotypy)
- Species Leodora knightjonesi (De Silva, 1965)
- Species Leodora abnormis (Bush, 1905) accepted as Bushiella (Bushiella) abnormis (Bush, 1905) (superseded recombination)
- Species Leodora argutus (Bush in Moore, 1903) accepted as Eulaeospira orientalis (Pillai, 1960) (subjective synonym)
- Species Leodora multiplata Uchida, 1971 accepted as Bushiella (Bushiella) abnormis (Bush, 1905) (subjective synonym)
- Species Leodora perrieri (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897) accepted as Romanchella perrieri (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897) (superseded recombination)
- Species Leodora valida (Verrill in Smith & Harger, 1874) accepted as Bushiella (Bushiella) valida (Verrill in Smith & Harger, 1874) (superseded recombination)
- Species Leodora verruca (Fabricius in Mörch, 1863) accepted as Bushiella (Bushiella) verruca (Fabricius in Mörch, 1863) (superseded recombination)
- Species Leodora laevis (Quatrefages, 1866) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1894). Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Série 7.</em> 17: 1-395, plates I-XIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35662416
page(s): 261 [details]
page(s): 261 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leodora Saint-Joseph, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129633 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1894). Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Série 7.</em> 17: 1-395, plates I-XIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35662416
page(s): 261 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 261 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1984). A new species of Protoleodora (Spirorbidae: Polychaeta) from eastern U.S.S.R., with a brief revision of related genera. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 80(2-3): 109-120., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/80/2-3/109/2703213
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
Other
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]
