Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Eunicida > Family Eunicidae

Leodice Lamarck, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leodice annulicornis (Johnston, 1865)
Leodice antennata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818
Leodice harassii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
Leodice torquata (Quatrefages, 1866)

Literature

original description	Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière.
additional source	Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 523: 1-422.
source of synonymy	Audouin, J.V. and Milne Edwards, H. (1833). [Part 5.] Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris. sér. 1, 30: 411-425.
status source	Zanol, J.; Halanych, K. M.; Fauchald, K. (2014). Reconciling taxonomy and phylogeny in the bristleworm family Eunicidae (polychaete, Annelida). Zoologica Scripta. 43(1), 79-100.
taxonomy source	Souza, Thaís Kananda Da Silva; Zapff, Luana; Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey; Zanol, Joana. (2024). Taxonomy of Leodice Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Eunicidae) from Northeast Brazil (Tropical Southwest Atlantic Ocean) with description of a new species. Zootaxa. 5492(2): 151-175.
identification resource	Choi, Hyun Ki; Kim, Jong Guk; Kang, Dong Won; Yoon, Seong Myeong. (2017). A new species of Leodice from Korean waters (Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicidae). ZooKeys. 715: 53-67.
subsequent type designation	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leodice Lamarck, 1818. 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:324708