WoRMS name details
Heteromastides platyproctus Pillai, 1961
328368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328368)
unaccepted (superseded original combination, a junior homonym when placed in Scyphoproctus, thus replaced by S telesphorei)
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): 27-28, fig. 9-D-F [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 27-28, fig. 9-D-F [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NHMUK 1960.3.13.22, geounit Tambalagam Bay
, Note Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Tambalagam Bay (=...
Holotype NHMUK 1960.3.13.22, geounit Tambalagam Bay [details]
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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).
Distribution Indian Ocean: Tambalagam Bay (Sri Lanka).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet platyproctus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin platy-, meaning 'flat', and the New...
Depth range 1-4 fathoms (1.8-7.3 m). [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean: Tambalagam Bay (Sri Lanka).
Distribution Indian Ocean: Tambalagam Bay (Sri Lanka). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet platyproctus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin platy-, meaning 'flat', and the New...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet platyproctus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin platy-, meaning 'flat', and the New Latin noun of Greek origin proctus, meaning 'anus', and presumably refers to the posterior end of the species, described as having an "oval, slanting anal plate [...] composed of about 10 posterior setigerous segments" (Pillai, 1961: 28). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Heteromastides platyproctus Pillai, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328368 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
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): 27-28, fig. 9-D-F [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Da Silva, Camilla Fernanda; Amaral, Antonia Cecilia Zacagnini. (2019). Scyphoproctus Gravier, 1904 (Annelida, Capitellidae): description of three new species and relocation of Heteromastides Augener, 1914 in Scyphoproctus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4560(1): 95-120., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4560.1.5
page(s): 98, 119; note: recombined in Scyphoproctus, requiring a replacement name (due to homonymy) as S. telesphorei Da Silva & Amaral, 2019 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 27-28, fig. 9-D-F [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Da Silva, Camilla Fernanda; Amaral, Antonia Cecilia Zacagnini. (2019). Scyphoproctus Gravier, 1904 (Annelida, Capitellidae): description of three new species and relocation of Heteromastides Augener, 1914 in Scyphoproctus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4560(1): 95-120., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4560.1.5
page(s): 98, 119; note: recombined in Scyphoproctus, requiring a replacement name (due to homonymy) as S. telesphorei Da Silva & Amaral, 2019 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1960.3.13.22, geounit Tambalagam Bay [details]
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Depth range 1-4 fathoms (1.8-7.3 m). [details]Distribution Indian Ocean: Tambalagam Bay (Sri Lanka). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet platyproctus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin platy-, meaning 'flat', and the New Latin noun of Greek origin proctus, meaning 'anus', and presumably refers to the posterior end of the species, described as having an "oval, slanting anal plate [...] composed of about 10 posterior setigerous segments" (Pillai, 1961: 28). [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]
New combination recombined in Scyphoproctus, requiring a replacement name (due to homonymy) as S. telesphorei Da Silva & Amaral, 2019 [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]
