Lepidonotus

Lepidonotus
Lepidonotus squamatus
Lepidonotus squamatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Lepidonotus
Leach, 1816
Type species
Aphrodita clava
Montagu, 1808


Lepidonotus is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus occurs globally and includes 80 species, usually found in shallow waters down to about 80 metres.[1]

  1. ^ Read, Geoffrey B.; Fauchald, Kristian (2020). "The World Polychaeta Database".