WoRMS taxon details

Leitoscoloplos geminus provincialis Mackie, 1987

335503  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335503)

accepted
Subspecies
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): 7, fig. 6, table 6 [details]   
Holotype  NHMUK 1961.9.442, geounit Cape Provinces  
Holotype NHMUK 1961.9.442, geounit Cape Provinces [details]
Type locality contained in South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean  
type locality contained in South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
Note Off Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean, holotype and paratypes from combined material of stations WCD.61 (32°05'S, 18°06'E), WCD.63 (32°05'S, 18°06'E) and WCD.64 (32°05'S, 17°56'E) of Day (1961). [details]
Depth range 108-128 m.  
Depth range 108-128 m. [details]

Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: off Cape Province (South Africa).  
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: off Cape Province (South Africa). [details]

Etymology The subspecific epithet provincialis refers to the type locality of the species, off Cape Province (South Africa).   
Etymology The subspecific epithet provincialis refers to the type locality of the species, off Cape Province (South Africa).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos geminus provincialis Mackie, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335503 on 2024-04-19
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2008-03-17 14:53:29Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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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): 7, fig. 6, table 6 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NHMUK 1961.9.442, geounit Cape Provinces [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1961.9.443-458, geounit Cape Provinces [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 108-128 m. [details]

Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: off Cape Province (South Africa). [details]

Etymology The subspecific epithet provincialis refers to the type locality of the species, off Cape Province (South Africa).  [details]

Habitat Mud, at shelf depths. [details]

Type locality Off Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean, holotype and paratypes from combined material of stations WCD.61 (32°05'S, 18°06'E), WCD.63 (32°05'S, 18°06'E) and WCD.64 (32°05'S, 17°56'E) of Day (1961). [details]