WoRMS name details

Scoloplos kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885

337445  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337445)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 355-356, plate XLIII figs. 6-8, plate XXIIA fig. 19 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Note Kerguelen Islands, Southern Indian Ocean: off...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Kerguelen Islands, Southern Indian Ocean: off London River (48°50'S, 69°18'E), 110 fathoms (200 m), volcanic mud, and off Christmas Harbour (48°41'S, 69°04'E); 120 fathoms (220 m), volcanic mud.  [details]
Type material The Natural History Museum, London: 2 syntypes (NHMUK 1885.12.1.252) and 2 abdominal fragments (NHMUK 1885.12.1.253).  [details]
Depth range 200-220 m.   
Depth range 200-220 m.  [details]

Distribution Southern Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands.   
Distribution Southern Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands (Southern Indian Ocean).   
Etymology The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands (Southern Indian Ocean).  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to a different genus.   
Taxonomy Moved to a different genus.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplos kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337445 on 2024-04-18
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2013-10-31 21:45:48Z
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original description McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 355-356, plate XLIII figs. 6-8, plate XXIIA fig. 19 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

new combination reference Day, John H. (1977). A review of the Australian and New Zealand Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). 217-246. <i>In</i>: Reish, Donald J.; Fauchald, Kristian (Eds.). Essays on polychaetous annelids in memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.
page(s): 223; note: as Leitoscoloplos [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 12: 59-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
page(s): 160; note: as Haploscoloplos; specimens from Monro (1936) later referred to Leitoscoloplos geminus Mackie, 1987 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype NHMUK ZOO 1885.12.1.252, geounit Kerguelen Islands [details]
Syntype NHMUK ZOO 1885.12.1.253, geounit Kerguelen Islands [details]
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Depth range 200-220 m.  [details]

Distribution Southern Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands (Southern Indian Ocean).  [details]

Habitat Volcanic mud, 200-220 m.  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to a different genus.  [details]

Type locality Kerguelen Islands, Southern Indian Ocean: off London River (48°50'S, 69°18'E), 110 fathoms (200 m), volcanic mud, and off Christmas Harbour (48°41'S, 69°04'E); 120 fathoms (220 m), volcanic mud.  [details]

Type material The Natural History Museum, London: 2 syntypes (NHMUK 1885.12.1.252) and 2 abdominal fragments (NHMUK 1885.12.1.253).  [details]