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Polychaeta taxon detailsAsclerocheilus heterochaetus Kudenov & Blake, 1978
326672 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326672)
accepted
Species
Asclerocheilus victoriensis Blake, 2000 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (superfluous replacement name for...)
superfluous replacement name for A. heterochaetus
marine,
recent only
Kudenov, Jerry D. and Blake, J.A. 1978. A review of the genera and species of the Scalibregmidae (Polychaeta) with descriptions of one new genus and three new species from Australia. Journal of Natural History, 12: 427-444., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937800770291
page(s): 436-437, figs. 21-32 [details]
Holotype NMV F 42763, geounit Victoria (Australian state)
Holotype NMV F 42763, geounit Victoria (Australian state) [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality In sand, Western Port; Victoria, Australia, -38.36, 145.5098, 9 m [details]
Etymology The etymology of Asclerocheilus heterochaetus is not stated, but it is perhaps so named because there are three types of...
Etymology The etymology of Asclerocheilus heterochaetus is not stated, but it is perhaps so named because there are three types of chaetae. [details] Homonymy According to Blake (2000: 135, footnote), as Oncoscolex (Eumenia) heterochaetus Augener, 1906 was a synonym of Kebuita...
Homonymy According to Blake (2000: 135, footnote), as Oncoscolex (Eumenia) heterochaetus Augener, 1906 was a synonym of Kebuita glabra (Ehlers, 1887) and the later was referred to Asclerocheilus, the species Asclerocheilus heterochaetus Blake & Kudenov, 1978 became a junior secondary homonym of Oncoscolex heterochaetus Augener, 1906, (if it was in Asclerocheilus). For this reason the name was renamed by Blake (2000) as Asclerocheilus victoriensis. However, this is incorrect reasoning. Oncoscolex (Eumenia) heterochaetus Augener, 1906 has never been combined as an Asclerocheilus. This is known for certain as it was Blake (2000:135) that placed Kebuita as a synonym of Asclerocheilus, whereas O (E) heterochaetus had been disused from much earlier (Hartman, 1938) as a synonym of another species. Only if Oncoscolex (Eumenia) heterochaetus Augener, 1906 was revalidated as distinct (noting there is a synonymy chain of two names to be evaluated, not just one) and used as an Asclerocheilus would there be a situation of secondary homonymy with the species name of Kudenov & Blake (1978). Therefore Asclerocheilus victoriensis, the replacement name, is superfluous and is a junior objective synonym of the original Asclerocheilus heterochaetus [G Read, August 2024) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Asclerocheilus heterochaetus Kudenov & Blake, 1978. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326672 on 2026-04-07
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original description
Kudenov, Jerry D. and Blake, J.A. 1978. A review of the genera and species of the Scalibregmidae (Polychaeta) with descriptions of one new genus and three new species from Australia. Journal of Natural History, 12: 427-444., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937800770291
page(s): 436-437, figs. 21-32 [details] original description (of Asclerocheilus victoriensis Blake, 2000) Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867. pages 129-144. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara page(s): 135 footnote; note: designation of a replacement name A. victoriensis for claimed secondary homonymy of Asclerocheilus heterochaetus (Augener, 1906) as senior to A. heterochaetus Blake & Kudenov, 1978. [details] additional source Blake, James A. (2023). New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from slope and abyssal depths off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 271-298., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/blake-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-271298/ page(s): 273; note: remarks on Asclerocheilus repeating the comments of Blake (2000) on the reason for creating a replacement name for homonymy [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Mendes, Samuel Lucas Da Silva Delgado; De Paiva, Paulo Cesar; Rizzo, Alexandra E. (2024). On species of Asclerocheilus Ashworth, 1901 (Annelida: Scalibregmatidae) from Brazil. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 947: 88-108., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2621 page(s): 91; note: Authors repeat the comments of Blake (2000) on his reason for creating a replacement name for homonymy. However, homonymy does not exist and the replacement is not needed. [details] Available for editors [request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NMV F 42763, geounit Victoria (Australian state) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The etymology of Asclerocheilus heterochaetus is not stated, but it is perhaps so named because there are three types of chaetae. [details]Homonymy According to Blake (2000: 135, footnote), as Oncoscolex (Eumenia) heterochaetus Augener, 1906 was a synonym of Kebuita glabra (Ehlers, 1887) and the later was referred to Asclerocheilus, the species Asclerocheilus heterochaetus Blake & Kudenov, 1978 became a junior secondary homonym of Oncoscolex heterochaetus Augener, 1906, (if it was in Asclerocheilus). For this reason the name was renamed by Blake (2000) as Asclerocheilus victoriensis. However, this is incorrect reasoning. Oncoscolex (Eumenia) heterochaetus Augener, 1906 has never been combined as an Asclerocheilus. This is known for certain as it was Blake (2000:135) that placed Kebuita as a synonym of Asclerocheilus, whereas O (E) heterochaetus had been disused from much earlier (Hartman, 1938) as a synonym of another species. Only if Oncoscolex (Eumenia) heterochaetus Augener, 1906 was revalidated as distinct (noting there is a synonymy chain of two names to be evaluated, not just one) and used as an Asclerocheilus would there be a situation of secondary homonymy with the species name of Kudenov & Blake (1978). Therefore Asclerocheilus victoriensis, the replacement name, is superfluous and is a junior objective synonym of the original Asclerocheilus heterochaetus [G Read, August 2024) [details] Type locality In sand, Western Port; Victoria, Australia, -38.36, 145.5098, 9 m [details] |
