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Polychaeta name detailsScoloplos (Leodamas) gracilis Pillai, 1961
331770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331770)
unaccepted (superseded original combination with current genus as subgenus)
Species
recent only
Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1961). Annelida Polychaeta of Tambalagam Lake, Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 4(1): 1-40., available online at http://dl.nsf.gov.lk/handle/1/7600
page(s): 22-24, figs. 7M-O, 8A-F; note: described as Scoloplos (Leodamus) [sic] gracilis [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1960.3.13.11, geounit Tambalagam Bay
Holotype NHMUK 1960.3.13.11, geounit Tambalagam Bay [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Tambalagam Bay (= Tambalagam Lake), centre of the lake (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 8.52º, long. 81.16º). [details]
Depth range 1-4 fathoms (1.8-7.3 m).
Depth range 1-4 fathoms (1.8-7.3 m). [details] Distribution Indian Ocean: Tambalagam Bay (Sri Lanka). Known only from the type locality.
Distribution Indian Ocean: Tambalagam Bay (Sri Lanka). Known only from the type locality. [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet gracilis is a Latin adjective meaning 'slender' or 'thin', and presumably refers to the...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet gracilis is a Latin adjective meaning 'slender' or 'thin', and presumably refers to the body shape of the species, stated to be between 46-49 mm long, 0.75-0.9 mm wide at the thorax, and 0.5-0.6 mm at the abdomen. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplos (Leodamas) gracilis Pillai, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331770 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Pillai, Telesphore Gottfried. (1961). Annelida Polychaeta of Tambalagam Lake, Ceylon. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 4(1): 1-40., available online at http://dl.nsf.gov.lk/handle/1/7600
page(s): 22-24, figs. 7M-O, 8A-F; note: described as Scoloplos (Leodamus) [sic] gracilis [details] Available for editors [request] context source (HKRMS) Fong, C. W. (1998). Some aspects of the ecology of the seagrass Zostera japonica in Hong Kong. <em>MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request] new combination reference Blake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653 page(s): 50, table 1; note: as Leodamas gracilis [details] Available for editors [request]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1960.3.13.11, geounit Tambalagam Bay [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1960.3.13.12, geounit Tambalagam Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1-4 fathoms (1.8-7.3 m). [details]Distribution Indian Ocean: Tambalagam Bay (Sri Lanka). Known only from the type locality. [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet gracilis is a Latin adjective meaning 'slender' or 'thin', and presumably refers to the body shape of the species, stated to be between 46-49 mm long, 0.75-0.9 mm wide at the thorax, and 0.5-0.6 mm at the abdomen. [details] Habitat Brackish water (11.0-19.0 p.p.t.) at shallow depths (1-4 fathoms; 1.8-7.3 m), in fine black mud in oyster beds. [details] Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Tambalagam Bay (= Tambalagam Lake), centre of the lake (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 8.52º, long. 81.16º). [details] |