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Leonnates indicus

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

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Quick facts about Leonnates indicus

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 indicus live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Leonnates indicus as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Türkiyeinvasive
  2. Israel

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 indicus 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 indicus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classPolychaeta
  4. orderPhyllodocida
  5. familyNereididae
  6. genusLeonnates
  7. SpeciesLeonnates indicus Kinberg, 1865

Synonyms Leonnates jousseaumei, Leonnates jousseaumi, Leonnates virgatus, Nereis virgata, Nereis virgatus

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Relatives of Leonnates indicus

Other species in the same genus Leonnates.

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Common questions

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Is Leonnates indicus an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Leonnates indicus as invasive in 1 country: Türkiye. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is Leonnates indicus?

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

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{leonnates_indicus_2026,
  title = {Leonnates indicus (Leonnates indicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/leonnates-indicus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}