African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Scolecolepis Malmgren, 1867

WoRMS name details

Scolecolepis Malmgren, 1867

AphiaID

155034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155034)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unjustified spelling emendation of Scolelepis Blainville, 1828)

Accepted name

Scolelepis Blainville, 1828

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Lumbricus squamatus Müller, 1806 accepted as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806)

Parent

Spionidae Grube, 1850

Direct children (9)

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Species Scolecolepis alaskensis Treadwell, 1914 accepted as Scolelepis alaskensis (Treadwell, 1914) (superseded original combination)
Species Scolecolepis cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) accepted as Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851) (superseded recombination)
Species Scolecolepis cornifera Ehlers, 1913 accepted as Rhynchospio glutaea (Ehlers, 1897) (subjective synonym)
Species Scolecolepis glutaea Ehlers, 1897 accepted as Rhynchospio glutaea (Ehlers, 1897) (superseded original combination)
Species Scolecolepis indica (Fauvel, 1928) accepted as Malacoceros indicus (Fauvel, 1928) (superseded subsequent combination)
Species Scolecolepis tenuis Verrill, 1873 accepted as Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873) (subjective synonym)
Species Scolecolepis vanderhorsti Augener, 1927 accepted as Malacoceros vanderhorsti (Augener, 1927) (superseded original combination)
Species Scolecolepis viridis Verrill, 1873 accepted as Marenzelleria viridis (Verrill, 1873) (superseded original combination)
Species Scolecolepis jeffreysii McIntosh, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not Spionidae, indeterminable Paraonidae fide Strelzov (1973))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 90; note: Malmgren does not use Blainville's spelling of Scolelepis, nor indicate the spelling is different from in Blainville. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scolecolepis Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155034 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-22 07:56:35Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2012-07-15 05:08:56Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2015-02-21 01:57:38Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 90; note: Malmgren does not use Blainville's spelling of Scolelepis, nor indicate the spelling is different from in Blainville. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

Other

additional source Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymus plantarum nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. i-x, 1-1135. Soloduri. : Sumptibus Jent et Gassman., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
page(s): 26; note: Identified as a misspelling of Scolelepis [details]

From editor or global species database

Spelling The changed spelling or misspelling Scolecolepis for Scolelepis Blainville, 1828 was a reform first suggested by Louis Agassiz (1846) in his "Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis .." and presumably adopted from there by Malmgren. Agassiz's suggestion does not qualify as an emendation, and Malmgren's change is an unjustified emendation. The emendation takes Malmgren's authorship and is a junior objective synonym of Scolelepis. Malmgren does not use Blainville's spelling, nor indicate the spelling is different from in Blainville. [details]

Unreviewed

Scolelepis squamata (O. F. Müller, 1789)

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