Polychaeta name details
original description
(of Haploscoloplos kerguelensis minutus Hartman, 1953) Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341 page(s): 37, fig. 11a-c [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
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): 23; note: subspecies synonymised with nominal species L. kerguelensis [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 1987. A review of species currently assigned to the genus Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae), with descriptions of species newly referred to Scoloplos Blainville, 1828. Sarsia, 72: 1-28. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 4-5, fig. 3, table 6 [details]
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Depth range 20-310 m. [details]
Distribution Antarctic Ocean. South Georgia. [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet minutus refers to the small size of the subspecies in relation to the stem species (thoracic width 0.50-0.55 against 0.90-1.40 mm; Mackie, 1987). [details]
Habitat Mud and muddy sediments. [details]
Reproduction One specimen (NRS no. 3480) ovigerous, being an anterior fragment of 24 chaetigers, 8 mm long, thoracic width 0.88 mm (Mackie, 1987). [details]
Type locality Antarctic Ocean, South Georgia, outside mouth of Cumberland Bay, Stn 34 (54º11'S, 36º18'W), gray mud with few stones, 252-310 m. [details]
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