WoRMS name details
Placostegopsis incomptus (Ehlers, 1887)
409673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:409673)
unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Placostegus incomptus Ehlers, 1887) Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 300-304, plate 60 figs. 1-9 [details]
page(s): 300-304, plate 60 figs. 1-9 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Placostegopsis incomptus (Ehlers, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409673 on 2026-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Placostegus incomptus Ehlers, 1887) Ehlers, E. (1887). Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtalès, during the years 1868-1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79), in the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the Annelids. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 15: vi & 335 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30734338
page(s): 300-304, plate 60 figs. 1-9 [details]
basis of record Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1894). Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Série 7.</em> 17: 1-395, plates I-XIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35662416 [details]
page(s): 300-304, plate 60 figs. 1-9 [details]
basis of record Saint-Joseph, Arthur d'Anthoine de. (1894). Les Annélides polychètes des côtes de Dinard. Troisième Partie. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Série 7.</em> 17: 1-395, plates I-XIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35662416 [details]
