Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia > Family Terebellidae > Subfamily Thelepodinae

Thelepus Leuckart, 1849

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phenacia*	Quatrefages, 1866	generic synonym
*Venusia*	Johnston, 1865	generic synonym

Children

Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780)
Thelepus setosus (Quatrefages, 1866)
Thelepus triserialis (Grube, 1855)

Literature

original description	Leuckart, R. (1849). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Erster Beitrag (Würmer). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 15(1): 149-208, plate 3.
basis of record	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	Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX.
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.
additional source	Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1987). The Thelepinae (Terebellidae) from Australia, with a discussion of the generic and specific characters of the subfamily. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. 7: 217-250.
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
identification resource	Hsueh, Pan-Wen; Li, Kuo-Rong. (2016). New species of Thelepodidae (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta) from Taiwan. Zootaxa. 4170(3): 510-524.
identification resource	Jirkov, Igor. (2018). Three new species of Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 from Europe and a re-description of T. cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (Annelida, Terebellidae). ZooKeys. 759: 29-56.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus Leuckart, 1849. 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:129714