North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Leucodore Johnston, 1838

Leucodore ciliatus Johnston (original plate)

AphiaID

325179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325179)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Polydora Bosc, 1802

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Leucodore ciliatus Johnston, 1838 accepted as Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Spionidae Grube, 1850

Original name

Leucodore Johnston, 1838

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Species Leucodore ciliatus Johnston, 1838 accepted as Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838) (superseded original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Johnston, George. (1838). Miscellanea Zoologica. III. — The British Ariciadae. Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Edinburgh. 2: 63-73, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40025966
page(s): 66, 66-67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leucodore Johnston, 1838. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=325179 on 2026-08-23

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Leucodore Johnston, 1838. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=325179 on 2026-08-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-05 14:39:51Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2015-08-12 03:19:57Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2025-07-12 23:26:07Z

changed

Gil, João

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original description Johnston, George. (1838). Miscellanea Zoologica. III. — The British Ariciadae. Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Edinburgh. 2: 63-73, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40025966
page(s): 66, 66-67 [details]

additional source Grube, Adolph Eduard. (1855). Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 21(1): 81-136, plates III-V., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6651100
page(s): 106-107 [details]