Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Nereidiformia > Family Chrysopetalidae > Subfamily Dysponetinae

Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dysponetus bipapillatus Dahlgren, 1996
Dysponetus caecus (Langerhans, 1880)
Dysponetus gracilis Hartman, 1965
Dysponetus paleophorus Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
Dysponetus pygmaeus Levinsen, 1879

Literature

original description	Levinsen, G.M.R. (1879). Om to nye Slaegter af arctiske chaetopode Annelider. Videnskabelige meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske forening i Kjöbenhavn. 1879-80:9-18, Plate 1.
additional source	Dahlgren, T.G. 1996. Two new species of Dysponetus (Polychaeta: Chrysopetalidae) from Italy and Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109(3): 575-585.
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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879. 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:129236