Diopatra malabarensis Quatrefages, 1866
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diopatra malabarensis Quatrefages, 1866
- Name authority
- Quatrefages, 1866
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Class
- Polychaeta
- Order
- Eunicida
- Family
- Onuphidae
- Genus
- Diopatra
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumAnnelida
- classPolychaeta Grube, 1850
- subclassErrantia Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1832
- orderEunicida
- familyOnuphidae Kinberg, 1865
- subfamilyOnuphinae
- genusDiopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
- speciesDiopatra malabarensis Quatrefages, 1866
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diopatra. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diopatra aciculata Knox & Cameron, 1971 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diopatra agave Grube, 1869 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diopatra akarana Knox & Hicks, 1973 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diopatra gilchristi (Day, 1960) | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopatra hanleyi Paxton, 1993 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diopatra hektoeni Paxton & Arias, 2017 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diopatra hupferiana (Augener, 1918) | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diopatra maculata Paxton, 1993 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diopatra madeirensis Langerhans, 1880 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diopatra marocensis Paxton, Fadlaoui & Lechapt, 1995 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diopatra mellea Paxton & Arias, 2017 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diopatra micrura Pires, Paxton, Quintino & Rodrigues, 2010 | OnuphidaeAnnelida | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Quatrefages, A. de. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d’eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., Volume 1. 1–588. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36BFK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.