LONGIPEDIIDAE Sars, 1903 sensu Lang, 1944


LONGIPEDIA Claus, 1863


"The taxonomic structure of the genus Longipedia Claus, 1863 has undergone drastic changes since its creation to accommodate the type species L. coronata Claus, 1863, collected in Germany (Helgoland) and Italy (Naples), and poorly described by Claus in 1863 (for revisions see Lang, 1948: 152–155, and Wells, 1980).

In his revision, Wells (1980) recognized 10 valid species within Longipedia, four species incertae sedis, and one species nomen dubium. Since then, two valid species (Longipedia andamanica nipponica Itô, 1985, and Longipedia spinulosa Itô, 1981), and one species incertae sedis (Longipedia sp. Fiers, 1984) have been added" (from Gomez, 2001)


  • Longipedia americana Wells, 1980 *
  • Longipedia andamanica Wells, 1980
  • Longipedia andamanica nipponica Ito, 1985
  • Longipedia brevispinosa Wells, 1980
  • Longipedia coronata Claus, 1863
  • Longipedia corteziensis Gómez, 2001 *[PDF]
  • Longipedia helgolandica Wells, 1980 *
  • Longipedia santacruzensis (Mielke, 1979) *
  • Longipedia kikuchii Wells, 1980
  • Longipedia minor Lang, 1948
  • Longipedia nichollsi Wells, 1980
  • Longipedia scotti Lang, 1948
  • Longipedia spinulosa Ito, 1981
  • Longipedia weberi Lang, 1948
  • Longipedia ferox Wells, 1980
  • Longipedia mourei Wells, 1980
  • Longipedia pirgos Wells, 1980
  • Longipedia pontica Wells, 1980
  • Longipedia rosea Lang, 1948
  • Longipedia thailandensis Chullasorn et al., 2008 [Thailand; brackish waters]

    * helgolandica species-group, according to Gomez (2001) [PDF]



    LOURINIDAE Lang, 1948


    LOURINIA Sewell, 1940


  • Lourinia armata (Nicholls, 1940)


    METIDAE Lang, 1948


    LAUBERIA Soyers, 1966


  • Laubieria corallicola Soyer, 1966
  • Laubieria secunda Wells, 1967
  • Laubieria tercera Fiers, 1992


    METIS Sewell, 1940


  • Metis galapagoensis Mielke ,1989
  • Metis holothuriae (Candeias, 1959)
  • Metis ignea Pesta, 1959
  • Metis ignea halmyricola (Marcus & Por, 1961)
  • Metis natans Yeatman, 1976
  • Metis pallida Gurney, 1927
  • Metis reducta Fiers. 1992







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