Deep-Sea taxon details
Leitoscoloplos simplex Blake, 2017
934188 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:934188)
accepted
Species
marine
recent only
Blake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
Holotype USNM 1407119, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone
, Note Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, 12.9272,...
Holotype USNM 1407119, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, 12.9272, -128.6002 (12°55.633′N, 128°36.011′W), 4843 m, abyssal plain, North equatorial Pacific Ocean [details]
Etymology author: Leitoscoloplos simplex "from the Latin simplex and refers to the overall lack of typical orbiniid morphology"
Etymology author: Leitoscoloplos simplex "from the Latin simplex and refers to the overall lack of typical orbiniid morphology" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos simplex Blake, 2017. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934188 on 2026-07-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Leitoscoloplos simplex Blake, 2017. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934188 on 2026-07-17
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Blake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
Holotype USNM 1407119, geounit Clarion Clipperton Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: Leitoscoloplos simplex "from the Latin simplex and refers to the overall lack of typical orbiniid morphology" [details]Type locality Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, 12.9272, -128.6002 (12°55.633′N, 128°36.011′W), 4843 m, abyssal plain, North equatorial Pacific Ocean [details]
