WoRMS name details
Aricia marginata Ehlers, 1897
173380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173380)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Aricia Savigny, 1822 accepted as Orbinia Quatrefages, 1866
- Subspecies Aricia marginata mcleani Benham, 1921 accepted as Leodamas marginatus (Ehlers, 1897) (subjective synonym)
- Variety Aricia marginata var. macleani Benham, 1921 accepted as Scoloplos (Leodamas) marginatus mcleani (Benham, 1921) accepted as Leodamas marginatus (Ehlers, 1897) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179
page(s): 95-97, plate VI figs. 150-156 [details]
page(s): 95-97, plate VI figs. 150-156 [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Aricia marginata Ehlers, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173380 on 2026-08-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179
page(s): 95-97, plate VI figs. 150-156 [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference 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): 64-68, figs. 28A-G, 29A-C, table 1; note: as Leodamas marginatus [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1952). The marine annelids of the United States Navy Antarctic Expedition, 1947-48. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(7): 231-237., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697581
page(s): 232; note: as Scoloplos (Leodamas) marginatus [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 95-97, plate VI figs. 150-156 [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference 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): 64-68, figs. 28A-G, 29A-C, table 1; note: as Leodamas marginatus [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Hartman, Olga. (1952). The marine annelids of the United States Navy Antarctic Expedition, 1947-48. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(7): 231-237., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697581
page(s): 232; note: as Scoloplos (Leodamas) marginatus [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Willey, A. (1902). XII. Polychaeta In: Sharpe, B.; Bell, J. (eds). Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross",. pp. 262-283, plates 241-246. British Museum, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12554197
page(s): 275, plate XLV fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Willey, A. (1902). XII. Polychaeta In: Sharpe, B.; Bell, J. (eds). Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross",. pp. 262-283, plates 241-246. British Museum, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12554197
page(s): 275, plate XLV fig. 4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
