North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

WoRMS taxon details

Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970

AphiaID

129591 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129591)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Sigalion tetragonum Örsted, 1845 accepted as Neoleanira tetragona (Örsted, 1845) (type by original designation)

Parent

Sigalioninae Kinberg, 1856

Original name

Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970

Direct children (5)

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Species Neoleanira areolata (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Neoleanira magellanica (McIntosh, 1885)
Species Neoleanira racemosa (Fauchald, 1972)
Species Neoleanira solitaria Cruz-Gómez & Blake, 2024
Species Neoleanira tetragona (Örsted, 1845)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Pettibone, Marian H. (1970). Two new genera of Sigalionidae (Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 83(34): 365-386., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3407
page(s): 367 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129591 on 2025-02-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2007-01-25 09:20:00Z

checked

Barnich, Ruth

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2023-03-28 18:55:23Z

changed

Gil, João

2024-11-21 20:39:57Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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original description Pettibone, Marian H. (1970). Two new genera of Sigalionidae (Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 83(34): 365-386., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3407
page(s): 367 [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 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

status source Gonzalez, Brett C.; Martínez, Alejandro; Borda, Elizabeth; Iliffe, Thomas M.; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018). Phylogeny and systematics of Aphroditiformia. Cladistics. 34(3): 225-259., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12202/full
page(s): 245; note: Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970 is placed in subfamily Sigalioninae [details] Available for editors