Deep-Sea taxon details
Leitoscoloplos mammosus Mackie, 1987
130514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130514)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Holotype NHMUK 1984.55, geounit Scotland
, Note Upper basin of Loch Creran, west coast of...
Holotype NHMUK 1984.55, geounit Scotland [details]
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.
Distribution North Atlantic: Scotland (Loch Creran); Greenland (Murchison Sound, Baffin Bay).
Etymology The specific epithet mammosus, Latin adjective meaning 'full breasted' or 'having breast-shaped protruberances', refers to...
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.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos mammosus Mackie, 1987. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130514 on 2026-07-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Leitoscoloplos mammosus Mackie, 1987. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130514 on 2026-07-08
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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 Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at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]
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1984.55, geounit Scotland [details]
Paratype AHF N4486, geounit Greenlandic part of the 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]
Unreviewed
Authority Described by Day, 1977 [details]
