MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Eulepethidae Chamberlin, 1919

Traits taxon details

Eulepethidae Chamberlin, 1919

AphiaID

942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:942)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Aphroditiformia

Direct children (6)

Ordering

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By status

Children Display

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Genus Eulepethus Chamberlin, 1919
Genus Grubeulepis Pettibone, 1969
Genus Lamelleulepethus Pettibone, 1986
Genus Mexieulepis Rioja, 1962
Genus Pareulepis Darboux, 1900
Genus Proeulepethus Pettibone, 1986

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 90; note: Eulepethus (Eulepethinae) created as replacement name for preoccupied Eulepis [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Eulepethidae Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=942 on 2025-05-09

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Eulepethidae Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=942 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2007-01-18 14:44:44Z

changed

Barnich, Ruth

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2012-09-19 03:31:54Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 90; note: Eulepethus (Eulepethinae) created as replacement name for preoccupied Eulepis [details]

taxonomy source Pettibone, Marian H. (1986). Additions to the family Eulepethidae Chamberlin (Polychaeta: Aphroditacea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 441: 1-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.441 [details] Available for editors

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2003). The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 559: 1-167., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea [details] Available for editors

identification resource Barnich, Ruth. (2011). Identification of scale worms in British and Irish waters. NMBAQC 2010 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory. 52 pp., available online at http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/invertebrates/literature-and-taxonomic-keys/identification-of-scale-worms.aspx [details]