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Sclerocheilus Grube, 1863 
AphiaID: 129557

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass) > Scalibregmatidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Sclerocheilus minutus Grube, 1863
Parent Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867
Sources  original description: Grube, A.E. 1863. Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Beitrag: Zahlreiche Gattungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 29: 37-69,3plates. [details]

basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Sclerocheilus acirratus Hartman, 1969
Species Sclerocheilus antarcticus Ashworth, 1915
Species Sclerocheilus deriugini Zachs, 1925
Species Sclerocheilus minutus Grube, 1863
Species Sclerocheilus unoculus Kudenov, 1985

Species Sclerocheilus caecus Saint-Joseph, 1885 accepted as Asclerocheilus intermedius (Saint-Joseph, 1894)
Species Sclerocheilus oculatus (Ehlers, 1901) accepted as Hyboscolex oculatus (Ehlers, 1901)
Species Sclerocheilus pacificus Moore, 1909 accepted as Hyboscolex pacificus (Moore, 1909)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Link To ITIS
Images 
Sclerocheilus minutus
[image from typetaxon]
Sclerocheilus minutus
added on 2007-05-24 - author: Worsfold, Tim
qualitystatus: not checked

Sclerocheilus minutus
[image from typetaxon]
Sclerocheilus minutus
added on 2007-05-24 - author: Worsfold, Tim
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129557
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2006-07-17 15:50:11Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-03-05 09:00:37Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Sclerocheilus Grube, 1863. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129557 on 2013-05-21
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