Leodice Savigny in Lamarck 1818
Creators: name: Zanol, Joana
name: Hutchings, Pat A.
name: Fauchald, Kristian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Eunicida
Eunicidae
Leodice

description: Key to species of Leodice registered to Australia
1 Acicula and subacicular hooks light (slightly translucent or yellow)............................................. 2
- Acicula and subacicular hooks dark (copper-colored, brown or black).......................................... 10
2(1) Subacicular hooks tridentate............................................................................ 3
- Subacicular hooks bidentate............................................................................ 9
3(2) Subacicular hooks with teeth in tandem................................................... diversidentata n. sp.
- Subacicular hooks with teeth in a crest.................................................................... 4
4(3) Branchiae continued to a few chaetigers before the posterior end............................................... 5
- Branchiae terminating at or near mid-body. Antennae with up to 12 short cylindrical to moniliform articulations.. australis.
5(4) Most appendages of compound chaetae tridentate.................................................... aequabilis
- Most appendages of compound chaetae bidentate........................................................... 6
6(5) Posterior branchiae better developed than median branchiae (either filaments longer than in median branchiae or number of filaments one or two higher than in median branchiae or both)................................................ 7
- Branchiae decreasing in size and complexity monotonically towards the posterior end............................. 8
7(6) Aciculae distally bent......................................................................... torresiensis
- Aciculae distally straight........................................................................ antennata
8(6) Aciculae tapering to pointed or blunt tips........................................................... bassensis
- Aciculae shallowly bifurcate at least in median chaetigers................................................ elseyi
9 (2) Antennae and palps smooth, tapering, without articulations........................................... metatropos
- Antennae and especially palps with cylindrical distally drop-shaped articulations...................... tasmaniae n. sp.
10(1) Branchiae limited to the first 2/3 or less of the body........................................................ 11
- Branchiae present on all except the last few chaetigers of the body............................................. 12
11(10) Antennal articulations cylindrical becoming more or less drop-shaped distally; prostomial appendages reaching beyond first chaetiger............................................................................. jimedwardsi n. sp.
- Antennal articulates angularly monifiliform; prostomial appendages do not reach beyond peristomium............ rubella
12(10) Branchiae in posterior half of body single filaments................................................ bowerbanki
- Branchiae in posterior half with two or more filaments...................................................... 13
13(12). Maximally four short, thick branchial filaments present; antennal articulations cylindrical.............. pycnobranchiata
- Up to 18 filaments present; antennal articulations short, nearly beaded..................................... laticeps
description: Published as part of Zanol, Joana, Hutchings, Pat A. & Fauchald, Kristian, 2020, Eunice sensu latu (Annelida: Eunicidae) from Australia: description of seven new species and comments on previously reported species of the genera Eunice, Leodice and Nicidion, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 4748 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3697522