Rossi, Mark M. (1982). A new species of Scolelepis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from California sandy beaches. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 81(2): 97-100.
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Rossi, Mark M.
1982
A new species of <i>Scolelepis</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from California sandy beaches.
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
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Studies by Kolpack and Straughan (1971), Trask (1971), Patterson (1974), Straughan and Patterson (1975), Straughan (1973, 1974a, b, c, 1975, 1978, 1979) and Straughan and Hadley (1980) report Scolelepis squamata (Müller) (recorded as Nerinides acuta (Treadwell) or Scolelepis acuta (Treadwell)) as the most common spionid of central and southern California sandy beaches. A review of the S. squamata from these studies has revealed two other forms of Scolelepis Blainville. One of the forms is described herein as a new species; a description of the other is omitted for lack of complete material. The holotype and paratypes of the new species are deposited in the collections of the Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF), University of Southern California, Los Angeles. The re-examination of material and subsequent species description were funded by Southern California Edison, Rosemead, California.