WoRMS taxon details
original description
Day, J.H. (1954). The Polychaeta of Tristan da Cunha. <em>Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937-1938.</em> 29: 1-35. page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Kelaher, B.P. and Rouse, G.W. 2003. The role of colonization in determining spatial patterns of <i>Proscoloplos bondi</i> sp. nov. (Orbiniidae: Annelida) in coralline algal turf. Marine Biology (Berlin), 143(5):909-917 page(s): 911 [details]
biology source
Meyer, Achim; Bleidorn, Christoph; Rouse, Greg W.; Hausen, Harald. (2008). Morphological and molecular data suggest a cosmopolitan distribution of the polychaete Proscoloplos cygnochaetus Day, 1954 (Annelida, Orbiniidae). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 153(5): 879-889., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-007-0860-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1954. 21): ''Prostomium rounded, first two segments without parapodia, branchiae from 8th setiger. Notosetae are laddered capillaries only, neurosetae from 8th setiger also include sharply bent hooks.'' [details]
Diagnosis Small Orbiniidae with rounded prostomium, lacking obvious eyes. Postchaetal lobes present in both noto- and neuropodia. Branchiae start from chaetiger 6 or posterior. Notochaetae camerate capillaries only. Distinctive ‘‘swan-shaped’’ hooks in neuropodial position, starting from chaetiger 6 or posterior. Camerate capillaries also present in neuropodia. Aciculae absent. Pygidium with four tapered cirri. Nuchal organs and lateral organs present. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The generic name is composed by the name of the genus Scoloplos Blainville, 1828, preceded by the Latin prefix pro-, meaning 'earlier', 'before' or 'prior to', being a prefix of priority in time or position, and presumably refers to the fact that ''this species was [at first] mistaken for a larval or post-larval'' Orbiniidae (Day, 1954: 21). [details]
Grammatical gender Proscoloplos gender was not stated, but must follow the gender of Scoloplos which is masculine from its etymology and matching the choice of adjectival epithets of successive authors. [details]
Type designation Type species of Proscoloplos, P. cygnochaetus, fixed by monotypy, not by original designation. The expression ''n.g. et sp.'', as applied by Day (1954: 21) to Proscoloplos cygnochaetus, would be deemed to be an original designation only if it had been applied before 1931, according to ICZN, article 68.2.1. [details]
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