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]
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 2024-05-08
original descriptionMackie, 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]
basis of recordBellan, 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 sourceDewarumez, 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]
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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]