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Lumbricus squamatus Müller, 1806
338470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338470)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. <em>Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen.</em> 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528
page(s): 39, plate CLV; note: Sand-Dynerne, Helgoland, Germany, North Sea [details]
page(s): 39, plate CLV; note: Sand-Dynerne, Helgoland, Germany, North Sea [details]
Note Sand-Dynerne, Helgoland, Germany, North Sea...
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Type locality Sand-Dynerne, Helgoland, Germany, North Sea [not Denmark] [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lumbricus squamatus Müller, 1806. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338470 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. <em>Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen.</em> 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528
page(s): 39, plate CLV; note: Sand-Dynerne, Helgoland, Germany, North Sea [details]
page(s): 39, plate CLV; note: Sand-Dynerne, Helgoland, Germany, North Sea [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 492; note: As L. 'squamosus' [sic] to new genus Scolelepis [details]
source of synonymy Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
page(s): 492; note: As L. 'squamosus' [sic] to new genus Scolelepis [details]
source of synonymy Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Surugiu, Victor; Schwentner, Martin; Meißner, Karin. (2022). Fixing the identity of Scolelepis squamata (Annelida: Spionidae) – neotype designation, redescription and DNA barcode sequences. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 20(1): 1-24., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HJ6EXDZNKUQPHTT86IHC/full?target=10.1080/14772000.2021.2003906
page(s): 13 of 25; note: neotype designation for Lumbricus squamatus (now Scolelepis squamata) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 13 of 25; note: neotype designation for Lumbricus squamatus (now Scolelepis squamata) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Neotype A neotype for Lumbricus squamatus has been published by Surugiu et al (2022: 13, 17 (justification)). They several times state it is a neotype for Scolelepis squamatus, but that is a subsequent combination. It is a neotype for Lumbricus squamatus. Their neotype specimen is as follows: "North-East Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Germany: Helgoland, Dune, southern beach, 54.1812632 N, 7.9102538 E, eulittoral (0–0.5m depth), 23 Aug 2018, medium to fine sand, leg. V. Surugiu & K. Meißner, complete specimen, fixed in formalin, preserved in ethanol (ZMH-P 29016)."The justification is as follows: "Original type material is not known to exist (D. Eibye-Jacobsen, personal communication, September 27, 2013; Oug et al., 2014) (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999, Art. 75.3.4). Based on the availability of new specimens from the type locality we herein provide an amended description and molecular characterization of S. squamata. A neotype for S. squamata is designated to define the nominal taxon objectively and to secure the stability of nomenclature. The proposed neotype is consistent with the original description (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999, Art. 75.3.5) and was collected at the type locality (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999, Art. 75.3.6). Neotype (ZMH-P 29016) and topotypes (ZMH-P 29017–18, ZMH-P 29046–57) were deposited at the Zoological Museum in Hamburg […] We have brought this matter to the attention of our colleagues dealing with Scolelepis (Nancy Maciolek, Danny Eibye-Jacobsen and Andreas Bick) " [details]
Type locality Sand-Dynerne, Helgoland, Germany, North Sea [not Denmark] [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]