Species under Lepidonotus
n= 31
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Lepidonotus antillarum
(Schmarda, 1861)
Western Central Atlantic
Lepidonotus arenosus
Ehlers, 1901
Western Central Pacific
Lepidonotus brasiliensis
(Quatrefages, 1865)
Western Central Atlantic
Lepidonotus caeruleus
Kinberg, 1855
Western Central Atlantic
Lepidonotus carinulatus
(Grube, 1870)
Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Lepidonotus citrifrons
Augener, 1906
Western Central Atlantic
Lepidonotus clava
(Montagu, 1808)
Indo-Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Lepidonotus cristatus
(Grube, 1876)
Indo-West Pacific
Lepidonotus dentatus
Okuda & Yamada, 1954
Northwest Pacific
Lepidonotus glaucus
(Peters, 1854)
Indo-Pacific
Lepidonotus hupferi
Augener, 1918
Western Central Pacific
Lepidonotus impatiens
(Savigny, 1818)
Western Indian Ocean
Lepidonotus jacksoni
Kinberg, 1855
Western Central Pacific
Lepidonotus lacteus
(Ehlers, 1887)
Western Central Atlantic
Lepidonotus margaritaceus
Kinberg, 1858
Eastern Pacific
Lepidonotus melanogrammus
Haswell, 1883
Northwest Pacific
Lepidonotus nesophilus
Chamberlin, 1919
Eastern Pacific
Lepidonotus permixturus
Hanley & Burke, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Lepidonotus pomarae
Hartman, 1939
Eastern Pacific
Lepidonotus purpureus
Potts, 1910
Indo-Pacific
Lepidonotus sagamianus
(Izuka, 1912)
Northwest Pacific
Lepidonotus salvati
Rullier, 1972
Western Central Pacific
Lepidonotus scanlandi
Hanley & Burke, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Lepidonotus simplicipes
Haswell, 1883
Indo-Pacific
Lepidonotus spinosus
Hanley & Burke, 1991
Western Central Pacific
Lepidonotus squamatus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Twelve scaled worm Pacific Ocean, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Lepidonotus sublevis
Verrill, 1873
Western Central Atlantic and Eastern Pacific
Lepidonotus tenuisetosus
(Gravier, 1901)
Fine-setose scaleworm Indo-West Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Lepidonotus tomentosus
(Grube, 1856)
Western Central Atlantic
Lepidonotus variabilis
Webster, 1879
Western Central Atlantic
Lepidonotus versicolor
Ehlers, 1901
Eastern Pacific
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