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Leonnates decipiens

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Leonnates decipiens is a species in the family Nereididae, order Phyllodocida.

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Quick facts about Leonnates decipiens

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Leonnates decipiens live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Leonnates decipiens as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Egypt
  2. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Leonnates decipiens endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Leonnates decipiens classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classPolychaeta
  4. orderPhyllodocida
  5. familyNereididae
  6. genusLeonnates
  7. SpeciesLeonnates decipiens Fauvel, 1929

Synonyms Leonnates decipiens var. manilensis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Leonnates decipiens

Other species in the same genus Leonnates.

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Common questions

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Is Leonnates decipiens an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Leonnates decipiens as introduced in 2 countries: Egypt and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Leonnates decipiens?

Leonnates decipiens (Leonnates decipiens) belongs to the family Nereididae in the order Phyllodocida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Leonnates decipiens (Leonnates decipiens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/leonnates-decipiens

MLA

“Leonnates decipiens (Leonnates decipiens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/leonnates-decipiens.

BibTeX
@misc{leonnates_decipiens_2026,
  title = {Leonnates decipiens (Leonnates decipiens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/leonnates-decipiens},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}