WoRMS taxon details

Leitoscoloplos mammosus Mackie, 1987

130514  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130514)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 1987. A review of species currently assigned to the genus Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae), with descriptions of species newly referred to Scoloplos Blainville, 1828. Sarsia, 72: 1-28. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 9-10, fig. 9, table 3 [details]   
Holotype  NHMUK 1984.55, geounit Scotland  
Holotype NHMUK 1984.55, geounit Scotland [details]
Note Upper basin of Loch Creran, west coast of...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Upper basin of Loch Creran, west coast of Scotland, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 56.54°, -5.32°). [details]
Depth range 25-110 m.  
Depth range 25-110 m. [details]

Distribution North Atlantic: Scotland (Loch Creran); Greenland (Murchison Sound, Baffin Bay).  
Distribution North Atlantic: Scotland (Loch Creran); Greenland (Murchison Sound, Baffin Bay). [details]

Etymology The specific epithet mammosus, Latin adjective meaning 'full breasted' or 'having breast-shaped protruberances', refers to...  
Etymology The specific epithet mammosus, Latin adjective meaning 'full breasted' or 'having breast-shaped protruberances', refers to the shape, in profile, of the thoracic neuropodial postsetal lobes. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos mammosus Mackie, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130514 on 2024-04-19
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original description Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 1987. A review of species currently assigned to the genus Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae), with descriptions of species newly referred to Scoloplos Blainville, 1828. Sarsia, 72: 1-28. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 9-10, fig. 9, table 3 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]   

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NHMUK 1984.55, geounit Scotland [details]
Paratype AHF N4486, geounit Greenlandic part of Baffin Bay [details]
Paratype AM W.198714, geounit Scotland [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1984.56-58, geounit Scotland [details]
Paratype NMW Z.1985.023.17, geounit Scotland [details]
Paratype NRS Type No. 3286, geounit Scotland [details]
Paratype RSM 1984.26, geounit Scotland [details]
Paratype USNM 097410, geounit Scotland [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 25-110 m. [details]

Distribution North Atlantic: Scotland (Loch Creran); Greenland (Murchison Sound, Baffin Bay). [details]

Etymology The specific epithet mammosus, Latin adjective meaning 'full breasted' or 'having breast-shaped protruberances', refers to the shape, in profile, of the thoracic neuropodial postsetal lobes. [details]

Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at shelf depths. [details]

Type locality Upper basin of Loch Creran, west coast of Scotland, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 56.54°, -5.32°). [details]

From other sources
Authority Described by Day, 1977 [details]