WoRMS taxon details
Leodamas marginatus (Ehlers, 1897)
871019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:871019)
accepted
Species
Aricia marginata Ehlers, 1897 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Aricia marginata mcleani Benham, 1921 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Aricia marginata var. macleani Benham, 1921 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Nainereis marginata (Ehlers, 1897) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Scoloplos (Leodamas) marginatus (Ehlers, 1897) · unaccepted (rank upgrade to genus)
Scoloplos (Leodamas) marginatus mcleani (Benham, 1921) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination...)
superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym
Scoloplos (Leodamas) naumovi Averincev, 1982 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Scoloplos marginatus (Ehlers, 1897) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
marine
recent only
(of Aricia marginata Ehlers, 1897) 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]
Type locality contained in South Georgian part of the Southern Ocean
type locality contained in South Georgian part of the Southern Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Leodamas marginatus (Ehlers, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871019 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aricia marginata Ehlers, 1897) 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]
original description (of Aricia marginata var. macleani Benham, 1921) 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, plate 8 fig. 90 [details]
original description (of Scoloplos (Leodamas) naumovi Averincev, 1982) Averincev, V.G. 1982. [Seasonal variations in the sublittoral polychaete fauna (Polychaeta) of the Davis Sea]. Ecology and Systematics of the Marine Hydrobionts.Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Zoological Institute, Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas 28(36): 4-70.
page(s): 37-38, plate IV figs 1-7 [details]
original description (of Aricia marginata mcleani Benham, 1921) 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, plate 8 fig. 90 [details]
basis of record Blake, James A. (2000). A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 41(4): 435-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.84F1D61E
note: treated Leodamas as full genus [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 95-97, plate VI figs. 150-156 [details]
original description (of Aricia marginata var. macleani Benham, 1921) 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, plate 8 fig. 90 [details]
original description (of Scoloplos (Leodamas) naumovi Averincev, 1982) Averincev, V.G. 1982. [Seasonal variations in the sublittoral polychaete fauna (Polychaeta) of the Davis Sea]. Ecology and Systematics of the Marine Hydrobionts.Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Zoological Institute, Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas 28(36): 4-70.
page(s): 37-38, plate IV figs 1-7 [details]
original description (of Aricia marginata mcleani Benham, 1921) 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, plate 8 fig. 90 [details]
basis of record Blake, James A. (2000). A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 41(4): 435-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.84F1D61E
note: treated Leodamas as full genus [details] Available for editors
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redescription
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, fig. 28-29A-C; note: description from new records, not based on type. Two new synonyms [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 64, fig. 28-29A-C; note: description from new records, not based on type. Two new synonyms [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Aricia marginata var. macleani Benham, 1921), geounit Commonwealth Bay [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Scoloplos marginatus (Ehlers, 1897))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Scoloplos (Leodamas) marginatus (Ehlers, 1897))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scoloplos leodamus marginatus (1) 23853)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scoloplos leodamus marginatus 23853)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (60 records)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Scoloplos (Leodamas) marginatus (Ehlers, 1897))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scoloplos leodamus marginatus (1) 23853)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scoloplos leodamus marginatus 23853)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (60 records)
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