Deep-Sea taxon details
Scoloplos Blainville, 1828
129425 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129425)
accepted
Genus
Scoloplos (Scoloplos) Blainville, 1828 · alternative representation (superseded nominal subgenus)
- Species Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)
- Species Scoloplos californiensis Blake, 2020
- Species Scoloplos ehlersi Blake, 1985
- Species Scoloplos intermedius (Hartman, 1965)
- Species Scoloplos robustus Rullier, 1964
- Species Scoloplos sparsaciculus Blake, 2020
- Subgenus Scoloplos (Leodamas) (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Leodamas Kinberg, 1866 (superseded subsequent subgeneric combination)
- Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) marginatus (Ehlers, 1897) accepted as Leodamas marginatus (Ehlers, 1897) (rank upgrade to genus)
- Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) mazatlanensis Fauchald, 1972 accepted as Leodamas mazatlanensis (Fauchald, 1972) (superseded original combination)
- Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) ohlini (Ehlers, 1900) accepted as Leodamas cirratus (Ehlers, 1897) (superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
- Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) robustus (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Leodamas robustus (Kinberg, 1866) (rank upgrade to genus)
- Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) rubra (Webster, 1879) accepted as Leodamas rubrus [auct. misspelling] accepted as Leodamas ruber (Webster, 1879) (superseded recombination, using current genus as subgenus)
- Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) thalassae Amoureux, 1982 accepted as Leodamas thalassae (Amoureux, 1982) (superseded original combination with current genus as subgenus)
- Species Scoloplos acutus (Verrill, 1873) accepted as Leitoscoloplos acutus (Verrill, 1873) (superseded recombination)
- Species Scoloplos fragilis (Verrill, 1873) accepted as Leitoscoloplos fragilis (Verrill, 1873) (superseded recombination)
- Species Scoloplos jeffreysii McIntosh, 1905 accepted as Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776) (subjective synonym)
- Species Scoloplos kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Leitoscoloplos kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (superseded original combination)
- Species Scoloplos thalassae Amoureux, 1982 accepted as Leodamas thalassae (Amoureux, 1982) (superseded original combination with subgeneric rank abandoned)
- Subgenus Scoloplos (Scoloplos) Blainville, 1828 represented as Scoloplos Blainville, 1828 (superseded nominal subgenus)
- Species Scoloplos (Scoloplos) armiger (Müller, 1776) accepted as Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776) (superseded nominal subgenus)
- Species Scoloplos (Scoloplos) ehlersi Blake, 1985 accepted as Scoloplos ehlersi Blake, 1985 (unaccepted > superseded rank, nominal subgenus no longer required)
- Species Scoloplos (Scoloplos) schmitti Pettibone, 1957 accepted as Califia schmitti (Pettibone, 1957) (superseded original combination)
- Species Scoloplos rubra (Webster, 1879) represented as Scoloplos (Leodamas) rubra (Webster, 1879) accepted as Leodamas rubrus [auct. misspelling] accepted as Leodamas ruber (Webster, 1879)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
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): 493 [details]
page(s): 493 [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The generic name Scoloplos is from the Greek, a masculine word referring to...
description ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae first present from setiger 5 or later. Accessory papillae never exceeding...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The generic name Scoloplos is from the Greek, a masculine word referring to anything pointed, or a thorn, and might thus refer either to the characteristic pointed head, or to the spiny bristles referred in the original decription: ''Appendices [...] des dix-sept premiers [segments] formés probablement de deux soies épineuses de chaque côté'' (Blainville, 1828: 493). [details]
description ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae first present from setiger 5 or later. Accessory papillae never exceeding...
description ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae first present from setiger 5 or later. Accessory papillae never exceeding four, including both ventral and parapodial kinds. Thoracic neurosetae include blunt hooks and crenulated capillaries (may be absent). Abdominal notosetae include crenulated capillaries, furcate setae and spines. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplos Blainville, 1828. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129425 on 2026-02-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Scoloplos Blainville, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129425 on 2026-02-20
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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): 493 [details]
taxonomy source 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): 43; note: genus restricted to species having only inconspicuous spines in thoracic neuropodia accompanied with numerous capillaries, and branchiae from setiger 8–26 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Oliveira, Verônica M.; Cutrim, Allana S.T.; Vieira, Anna Karen M.; Ferreira, Camila N.; Almeida, Zafira S.; Nogueira Júnior, Miodeli. (2019). Description of <i>Scoloplos maranhensis</i> sp. nov. (Orbiniidae, Annelida) from tropical Brazilian mangrove. <em>Iheringia, Série Zoologia.</em> 109 (e2019009): 1-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e2019009
page(s): table I; note: synoptic table of currently known species [details] Available for editors
page(s): 493 [details]
taxonomy source 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): 43; note: genus restricted to species having only inconspicuous spines in thoracic neuropodia accompanied with numerous capillaries, and branchiae from setiger 8–26 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Oliveira, Verônica M.; Cutrim, Allana S.T.; Vieira, Anna Karen M.; Ferreira, Camila N.; Almeida, Zafira S.; Nogueira Júnior, Miodeli. (2019). Description of <i>Scoloplos maranhensis</i> sp. nov. (Orbiniidae, Annelida) from tropical Brazilian mangrove. <em>Iheringia, Série Zoologia.</em> 109 (e2019009): 1-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e2019009
page(s): table I; note: synoptic table of currently known species [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Blainville (1828: 493): ''Corps alongé, cylindrique, atténué aux extrémités, et composé d'un grand nombre d'articulations. Bouche et anus terminaux à l'extrémité de segmens non modifiés. Appendices dissemblables. Ceux des dix-sept premiers formés probablement de deux soies épineuses de chaque côté, les autres composés: 1.° D'une sorte de renflement costiforme, proéminent et terminé inférieurement par une verrue bifide; 2.° D'une soie simple et courte; 3.° D'une lamelle lancéolée et arquée.''[details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The generic name Scoloplos is from the Greek, a masculine word referring to anything pointed, or a thorn, and might thus refer either to the characteristic pointed head, or to the spiny bristles referred in the original decription: ''Appendices [...] des dix-sept premiers [segments] formés probablement de deux soies épineuses de chaque côté'' (Blainville, 1828: 493). [details]
Grammatical gender Masculine. Scoloplos is masculine in Greek and most authors have used masculine adjectives with it. [details]
Unreviewed
description ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae first present from setiger 5 or later. Accessory papillae never exceeding four, including both ventral and parapodial kinds. Thoracic neurosetae include blunt hooks and crenulated capillaries (may be absent). Abdominal notosetae include crenulated capillaries, furcate setae and spines. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scoloplos)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Scoloplos (Scoloplos) Blainville, 1828)
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Scoloplos (Scoloplos) Blainville, 1828)
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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