Deep-Sea taxon details
Typhloscolex Busch, 1851
129722 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129722)
accepted
Genus
Typhloscolex muelleri Busch, 1851 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133 [details] 
Note Type species is Typhloscolex muelleri Busch...
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Type species Type species is Typhloscolex muelleri Busch 1851, by monotypy. Note that Busch does not indicate on the page that he is creating a new genus and species, although he has an earlier heading (p. 111) that the animals within the section are new. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Typhloscolex Busch, 1851. 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=129722 on 2026-07-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Typhloscolex Busch, 1851. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129722 on 2026-07-05
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2006-09-28 06:51:36Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Busch, W. (1851). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. August Hirschwald, Berlin, pp. 143, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9996133 [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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Grammatical gender As 'scolex' meaning worm is a masculine Greek noun (fide Brown, 1956) then Typhloscolex must be masculine. However, Treadwell (1943 with 'paucichaeta') and Friedrich (1950 with 'robusta') appear to have incorrectly created adjectival species names with feminine suffixes. [details]Type species Type species is Typhloscolex muelleri Busch 1851, by monotypy. Note that Busch does not indicate on the page that he is creating a new genus and species, although he has an earlier heading (p. 111) that the animals within the section are new. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ティフロスコレックス属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Typhloscolex)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Typhloscolex)
To Genbank
To ITIS
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