WoRMS name details

Scoloplos mawsoni Benham, 1921

337447  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337447)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 78-81, plate 9 figs. 91-94 [details]   
Type locality contained in Southern Ocean  
type locality contained in Southern Ocean [details]
Note Antarctic Ocean, Adélie Land, Commonwealth...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Antarctic Ocean, Adélie Land, Commonwealth Bay, Boat Harbour (67ºS, 142º36'E), 2-4.5 fathoms (3.6-8 m).  [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited at the Australian Musem, Sydney (59 syntypes, AM W769).  [details]
Depth range 2-4.5 fathoms (3.6-8 m).   
Depth range 2-4.5 fathoms (3.6-8 m).  [details]

Distribution Antarctica: Adélie Land.   
Distribution Antarctica: Adélie Land.  [details]

Etymology The species is dedicated to Douglas Mawson (b. Shipley, West Yorkshire, UK, May 5, 1882 - d. Brighton, South Australia,...  
Etymology The species is dedicated to Douglas Mawson (b. Shipley, West Yorkshire, UK, May 5, 1882 - d. Brighton, South Australia, October 14, 1958), Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer, leader of the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, during which the type material od the species was collected.  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to Leitoscoloplos by Mackie (1987). Monro (1936: 160) suggested that the species could be referred to sexually mature...  
Taxonomy Moved to Leitoscoloplos by Mackie (1987). Monro (1936: 160) suggested that the species could be referred to sexually mature but bot fully grown specimens of Haploscoloplos kerguelensis.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplos mawsoni Benham, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337447 on 2024-03-28
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2013-10-31 21:45:48Z
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2015-06-11 22:30:23Z
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2015-07-04 10:32:53Z
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original description Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201
page(s): 78-81, plate 9 figs. 91-94 [details]   

new combination reference 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): 5-6, fig. 4, tables 1, 6 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype AM W769, geounit Commonwealth Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2-4.5 fathoms (3.6-8 m).  [details]

Distribution Antarctica: Adélie Land.  [details]

Etymology The species is dedicated to Douglas Mawson (b. Shipley, West Yorkshire, UK, May 5, 1882 - d. Brighton, South Australia, October 14, 1958), Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer, leader of the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, during which the type material od the species was collected.  [details]

Habitat Not stated.  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to Leitoscoloplos by Mackie (1987). Monro (1936: 160) suggested that the species could be referred to sexually mature but bot fully grown specimens of Haploscoloplos kerguelensis.  [details]

Type locality Antarctic Ocean, Adélie Land, Commonwealth Bay, Boat Harbour (67ºS, 142º36'E), 2-4.5 fathoms (3.6-8 m).  [details]

Type material Syntypes deposited at the Australian Musem, Sydney (59 syntypes, AM W769).  [details]