Deep-Sea taxon details
Oligobregma aciculatum (Hartman, 1965)
1808377 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1808377)
accepted
Species
Oligobregma aciculata (Hartman, 1965) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (Adjectival ending correction. All...)
Adjectival ending correction. All genus names ending in -bregma in the Scalibregmatidae are neuter
Pseudoscalibregma aciculata Hartman, 1965 · unaccepted (superseded original combination...)
superseded original combination plus gender agreement correction
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pseudoscalibregma aciculata Hartman, 1965) Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299
page(s): 182-183, plate 41 figs. a-f [details]
page(s): 182-183, plate 41 figs. a-f [details]
Holotype (of Pseudoscalibregma aciculata Hartman,... , Type locality contained in Atlantic Ocean
Holotype (of Pseudoscalibregma aciculata Hartman, 1965) AHF, geounit New England (USA) [details]
type locality contained in Atlantic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Nomenclature As the original name of Oligobregma aciculatum, namely Pseudoscalibregma aciculata, is the type species of Oligobregma it...
Nomenclature As the original name of Oligobregma aciculatum, namely Pseudoscalibregma aciculata, is the type species of Oligobregma it is worthwhile correcting the spelling in WoRMS to a neuter suffix of 'aciculatum' for gender agreement, so that authors realize they should stop using 'aciculata'. All genus names ending in -bregma in the Scalibregmatidae are neuter. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Oligobregma aciculatum (Hartman, 1965). 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=1808377 on 2026-01-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Oligobregma aciculatum (Hartman, 1965). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1808377 on 2026-01-16
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(of Pseudoscalibregma aciculata Hartman, 1965) Hartman, O. (1965). Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 28: 1-384., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/20299
page(s): 182-183, plate 41 figs. a-f [details]
basis of record Parapar, Julio; Martínez, Alejandro; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Opheliidae and Scalibregmatidae. <em>Diversity.</em> 13(2): 1-34., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/2/87
page(s): 28 of 34; note: listing usage as spelling Oligobregma aciculatum [details]
additional source Blake, James A; Read, Geoffrey B. (2025). Scalibregmatidae (Annelida)—Mandatory species name emendations. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5693 (3): 447–450., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5693.3.10
page(s): 448; note: spelling as 'aciculatum' is confirmed [details] Available for editors
page(s): 182-183, plate 41 figs. a-f [details]
basis of record Parapar, Julio; Martínez, Alejandro; Moreira, Juan. (2021). On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Opheliidae and Scalibregmatidae. <em>Diversity.</em> 13(2): 1-34., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/2/87
page(s): 28 of 34; note: listing usage as spelling Oligobregma aciculatum [details]
additional source Blake, James A; Read, Geoffrey B. (2025). Scalibregmatidae (Annelida)—Mandatory species name emendations. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5693 (3): 447–450., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5693.3.10
page(s): 448; note: spelling as 'aciculatum' is confirmed [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Pseudoscalibregma aciculata Hartman, 1965) AHF, geounit New England (USA) [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature As the original name of Oligobregma aciculatum, namely Pseudoscalibregma aciculata, is the type species of Oligobregma it is worthwhile correcting the spelling in WoRMS to a neuter suffix of 'aciculatum' for gender agreement, so that authors realize they should stop using 'aciculata'. All genus names ending in -bregma in the Scalibregmatidae are neuter. [details]Spelling Oligobregma aciculata should be O. aciculatum for grammatical agreement of specific epithet with a neuter genus. The spelling as O. aciculatum has been indirectly and directly published previously (Blake, 2015 indirectly as Pseudoscalibregma aciculatum, and Parapar et al, 2021 as Oligobregma aciculatum in their Table A2 of valid names) [details]
