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Halosydna leucohyba (Schmarda, 1861)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Halosydna leucohyba (Schmarda, 1861)
Name authority
(Schmarda, 1861)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Family
Polynoidae
Genus
Halosydna
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumAnnelida
  4. classPolychaeta Grube, 1850
  5. subclassErrantia Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1832
  6. orderPhyllodocida Dales, 1962
  7. suborderAphroditiformia Levinsen, 1883
  8. familyPolynoidae Kinberg, 1856
  9. subfamilyLepidonotinae Willey, 1902
  10. genusHalosydna Kinberg, 1856
  11. speciesHalosydna leucohyba (Schmarda, 1861)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Halosydna. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Halosydna batheia Horst, 1917PolynoidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halosydna marginata (Grube, 1856)PolynoidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halosydna olgae Salazar-Silva, 2013PolynoidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halosydna riojaenriquei Salazar-Silva, 2013PolynoidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halosydna samoensis (Grube, 1876)PolynoidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halosydna silvamariae Salazar-Silva, 2013PolynoidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Halosydna tuberculifer Chamberlin, 1919PolynoidaeAnnelidaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Polynoe granulata Ehlers, 1887 Ehlers, 1887synonym
Antinoe leucohyba (Schmarda, 1861) (Schmarda, 1861)synonym
Polynoe pustulata McIntosh, 1885 McIntosh, 1885synonym
Polynoe leucohyba Schmarda, 1861 Schmarda, 1861synonym

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.

  1. Webster, H. E. (1884). Annelida from Bermuda collected by G. Brown Goode. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 25: 7–12. 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:3JG7H. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.