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

Lepidasthenia brunnea Day, 1960

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepidasthenia*	Malmgren, 1867	accepted genus name
*Nectochaeta*	Marenzeller, 1892	synonym

Literature

original description	Day, J.H. 1960. The Polychaet [sic] fauna of South Africa. Part 5. Errant species dredged off Cape coasts. Annals of the South African Museum, 45(3): 261-373.
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.
additional source	Ravara, Ascensão; Ramos, Diana; Teixeira, Marcos A.; Costa, Filipe O.; Cunha, Marina R. (2016). Taxonomy, distribution and ecology of the order Phyllodocida (Annelida, Polychaeta) in deep-sea habitats around the Iberian margin. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 1-25 [efirst, Sept 2016].
additional source	Britayev, Temir A; Martin, Daniel. (2006). Scale-worms (Polychaeta, Polynoidae) associated with chaetopterid worms (Polychatea, Chaetopteridae), with description of a new genus and species. Journal of Natural History. 39(48): 4081-4099.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidasthenia brunnea Day, 1960. 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:130795