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Lepidasthenia
Sign in to saveLepidasthenia is a genus of marine Polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae (scale worms). Species of Lepidasthenia are found worldwide to depths of about 1200 m but are more common in shallower water.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lepidasthenia is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Wikidata and taxonomy.
It sits within the topics Bioluminescent annelids, Phyllodocida and Polychaete genera.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderPhyllodocida
- FamilyPolynoidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 193
- With media
- 31
- Family
- Polynoidae
- Collections
- SIO, ICML-UNAM, CAS, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, France, Mexico, Japan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polynoidae
- Image
- Lepidasthenia loboi holotype.jpg
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- taxon name
- Lepidasthenia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Lepidasthenia
- Commons category
- Lepidasthenia
- taxon author citation
- Malmgren, 1867
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Biology
- Species
- References
Lepidasthenia is a genus of marine Polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae (scale worms). Species of Lepidasthenia are found worldwide to depths of about 1200 m but are more common in shallower water.
== Description ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lepidasthenia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.