Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Aphroditiformia > Family Polynoidae > Subfamily Lepidonotinae

Lepidonotus Leach, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lepidonotus brevicornis Quatrefages, 1866
Lepidonotus carinulatus (Grube, 1869)
Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808)
Lepidonotus scoticensis Nolte, 1936
Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lepidonotus tenuisetosus (Gravier, 1902)

Literature

original description	Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions. 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816).
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix.
additional source	De Assis, José Eriberto; De Brito, Rafael Justino; Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey; De Souza, José Roberto Botelho. (2015). A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters. ZooKeys. 533: 63-98.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
status source	Parapar, Julio; Moreira, Juan; Núñez, Jorge; Barnich, Ruth; Brito, M. del Carmen; Fiege, Dieter; Capaccioni-Azzati, Roman; El-Haddad, Mustapha. (2015). Annelida Polychaeta IV [Goniadidae, Glyceridae, Capitellidae, Aphroditidae, Polynoidae, Acoetidae, Sigalionidae and Pholoidae]. In: M.A. Ramos et al. (Eds). Fauna Ibérica vol. 41. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid. 416 p.
identification resource	Seidler, Hans J. (1923 (1924?)). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Polynoiden, I. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 89A(11): 1-217, 22 text figures, 2 plates (maps).

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus Leach, 1816. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129496