Deep-Sea taxon details
Asclerocheilus Ashworth, 1901
129551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129551)
accepted
Genus
Kebuita Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
- Species Asclerocheilus abyssalis Blake, 2023
- Species Asclerocheilus ashworthi Blake, 1981
- Species Asclerocheilus beringianus Uschakov, 1955
- Species Asclerocheilus blakei Mendes, Rodrigues & Rizzo, 2024
- Species Asclerocheilus californicus Hartman, 1963
- Species Asclerocheilus intermedius (Saint-Joseph, 1894)
- Species Asclerocheilus nigrocirrus Hartman, 1978 accepted as Oligobregma collare (Levenstein, 1975) (subjective synonym)
- Species Asclerocheilus tasmanius Kirkegaard, 1996 accepted as Oligobregma tasmania (Kirkegaard, 1996) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Ashworth, James Hartley. 1901. The anatomy of <i>Scalibregma inflatum</i> Rathke. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London, 45: 237-309., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14709616
page(s): 297 [details]
page(s): 297 [details]
Etymology It is not clear from his text why Ashworth (1901) used Asclerocheilus. Grube's Sclerocheilus is a composition of the words...
Etymology It is not clear from his text why Ashworth (1901) used Asclerocheilus. Grube's Sclerocheilus is a composition of the words Sclero, 'hard', and Cheilus, 'lips' or 'rim'. Greek 'cheilos' is neuter, but Grube made a masculine noun compound word as Sclerocheilus. Addition of the Greek 'A' by Ashworth is a negative, thus meaning not with hard lips/rim, but his short diagnosis has nothing that fits that character state. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Asclerocheilus Ashworth, 1901. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129551 on 2025-04-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Asclerocheilus Ashworth, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129551 on 2025-04-10
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original description
Ashworth, James Hartley. 1901. The anatomy of <i>Scalibregma inflatum</i> Rathke. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London, 45: 237-309., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14709616
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Kebuita Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 390, 391 [discussion]; note: erected for Eumenia glabra Ehleres, 1887, though a formal new combination was not published in the original publication [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 [details]
additional source 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]
identification resource Blake, James A. (2023). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from slope and abyssal depths off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 271-298., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/blake-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-271298/
page(s): table 1; note: synoptic table comparing morphological characters of 15 known species of Asclerocheilus [details] Available for editors
identification resource Mendes, Samuel Lucas Da Silva Delgado; De Paiva, Paulo Cesar; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2024). On species of Asclerocheilus Ashworth, 1901 (Annelida: Scalibregmatidae) from Brazil. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 947: 88-108., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2621
page(s): 103; note: world key to genus [details] Available for editors
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Kebuita Chamberlin, 1919) Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 390, 391 [discussion]; note: erected for Eumenia glabra Ehleres, 1887, though a formal new combination was not published in the original publication [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 [details]
additional source 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]
identification resource Blake, James A. (2023). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from slope and abyssal depths off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 271-298., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/blake-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-271298/
page(s): table 1; note: synoptic table comparing morphological characters of 15 known species of Asclerocheilus [details] Available for editors
identification resource Mendes, Samuel Lucas Da Silva Delgado; De Paiva, Paulo Cesar; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2024). On species of Asclerocheilus Ashworth, 1901 (Annelida: Scalibregmatidae) from Brazil. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 947: 88-108., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2621
page(s): 103; note: world key to genus [details] Available for editors
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Etymology It is not clear from his text why Ashworth (1901) used Asclerocheilus. Grube's Sclerocheilus is a composition of the words Sclero, 'hard', and Cheilus, 'lips' or 'rim'. Greek 'cheilos' is neuter, but Grube made a masculine noun compound word as Sclerocheilus. Addition of the Greek 'A' by Ashworth is a negative, thus meaning not with hard lips/rim, but his short diagnosis has nothing that fits that character state. [details]Grammatical gender Masculine. Grube's Sclerocheilus is masculine and thus so is Asclerocheilus. All ten adjectival species names have used masculine suffices. [details]
