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Scolelepis Blainville, 1828 
AphiaID: 129623

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Spioniformia (Suborder) > Spionidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Spionidae Grube, 1850
Synonymised
taxa
  Aonis sensu Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 [Not Savigny, 1822] (misapplication of Savigny's genus for Nereis caeca (Nephytidae))
Asetocalamyzas Tzetlin, 1985 (dwarf male of a spionid, not a parasitic syllid as originally described)
Nerine Johnston, 1838 (subjective synonym)
Nerinides Mesnil, 1896 (subjective synonym)
Pseudomalacoceros Czerniavsky, 1881 (subjective synonym)
Scolecolepis Malmgren, 1867 (unjustified emendation)
Scolepis [auctt.] (misspelling)
Sources  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]

basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. [details]

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

additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Czerniavsky, Voldemaro 1881. Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody), 56(1): 338-420., available online at http:// http://www.archive.org/details/bulletindelasoc165unkngoog
page(s): 361 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Foster, Nancy Marie 1971. Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 36(129): 1-183. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Maciolek, Nancy J. 1987. New species and records of Scolelepis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the east coast of North America, with a review of the subgenera. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 7: 16-40. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Agassiz, L., 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymus plantarum nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus: i-x, 1-1135. Soloduri. : Sumptibus Jent et Gassman, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Malmgren, A. J. 1867. Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Groenlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingfors. 127pp, & 115 plates, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 90 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Johnston, George 1838. Miscellanea Zoologica Ariciadae. Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Edinburgh, 2: 63-73,plates2., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/magazinezoology01johngoog
page(s): 68 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Pettibone, Marian H. 1963. Revision of some genera of polychaete worms of the family Spionidae, including the description of a new species of Scolelepis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 76: 89-104.
page(s): 91 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Quatrefages, Armand de 1843. Description de quelques especes nouvelles d'Annelides errantes recueillies sur les cotes de la Manche. Magasin de Zoologie Paris, Ser. 2, 5: 1-16.
page(s): 9 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d’Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(1): 67-95 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Mesnil, F. 1896. Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. I. Les Spionidiens des côtes de la Manche. Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique, 29: 110-287.
page(s): 152 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Tzetlin, Alexander B. 1985. [Asetocalamyzas laonicola gen. et sp.n., a new ectoparasitic polychaete from the White Sea]. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 64(2): 296-298. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Vortsepneva, Elena; Tzetlin, Alexander; Purschke, Gunter; Mugue, Nikolai; Hass-Cordes, Eva ; Zhadan, Anna. 2008. The parasitic polychaete known as Asetocalamyzas laonicola (Calamyzidae) is in fact the dwarf male of the spionid Scolelepis laonicola (comb. nov.). Invertebrate Biology 127(4): 403–416. , available online at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2008.00137.x [details] [view taxon]

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 Subgenus Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) Maciolek, 1987
  » Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) bousfieldi Pettibone, 1963
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) carrascoi Maciolek, 1986
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) geniculata Imajima, 1992
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) gilchristi (Day, 1961)
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) globosa Wu & Chen, 1964
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) papillosa (Okuda, 1937)
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) quinquedentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965)
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) texana Foster, 1971
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) towra Blake & Kudenov, 1978
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) tridentata (Southern, 1914)
» Species Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) yamaguchii (Imajima, 1959)
Subgenus Scolelepis (Scolelepis)
  » Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) aitutakii Gibbs, 1972
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) andradei Delgado-Blas, Diaz & Linero-Arana, 2010
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) balihaiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) bifida Hutchings & Turvey, 1984
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) blakei Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) branchia Imajima, 1992
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) brevibranchia Hartmann-Schröder, 1991
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) cantabra (Rioja, 1918)
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) crenulata Hartmann-Schröder, 1991
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) denmarkensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1983
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) dicha Hutchings, Frouin & Hily, 1998
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) edmondsi Hutchings & Turvey, 1984
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) eltaninae Blake, 1983
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) kudenovi Hartmann-Schröder, 1981
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) laciniata Eibye-Jacobsen, 1997
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lighti Delgado-Blas, 2006
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lingulata Imajima, 1992
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) magnus Ozolinsh, 1990
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) melasma Hutchings, 1995
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) melasma Hutchings, Frouin & Hily, 1998
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) pettiboneae Maciolek, 1986
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) planata Imajima, 1992
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) quadridentata Maciolek, 1986
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) sagittaria Imajima, 1992
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806)
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) variegata Imajima, 1992
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) vossae Delgado-Blas, 2006
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) westoni Maciolek, 1986
» Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) texana Foster, 1971 accepted as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) texana Foster, 1971
Species Scolelepis acuta (Treadwell, 1914)
Species Scolelepis alaskensis (Treadwell, 1914)
Species Scolelepis anakenae Rozbaczylo & Castilla, 1988
Species Scolelepis antipoda (Augener, 1926)
Species Scolelepis blakei Carrasco, 1981
Species Scolelepis bonnieri (Mesnil, 1896)
Species Scolelepis bullibranchia Rossi, 1982
Species Scolelepis burkovskii Sikorski, 1994
Species Scolelepis carunculata Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Scolelepis foliosus (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
Species Scolelepis hutchingsae Dauer, 1985
Species Scolelepis knightjonesi (Silva, 1961)
Species Scolelepis korsuni Sikorski, 1994
Species Scolelepis lamellata (McIntosh, 1909)
Species Scolelepis lamellicincta Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Scolelepis laonicola (Tzetlin, 1985)
Species Scolelepis lefebrei (Gravier, 1905)
Species Scolelepis lefebvrei (Gravier, 1905)
Species Scolelepis longirostris (Quatrefages, 1843)
Species Scolelepis marionis Branch, 1998
Species Scolelepis matsugae Sikorski, 1994
Species Scolelepis mesnili (Bellan & Lagardere, 1971)
Species Scolelepis occipitalis Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Scolelepis oligobranchia (Chlebovitsch, 1959)
Species Scolelepis perrieri (Fauvel, 1902)
Species Scolelepis phyllobranchia Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Scolelepis precirriseta Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Scolelepis squamatus (Müller, 1789)
Species Scolelepis towra Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Scolelepis vazaha Eibye-Jacobsen & Soares, 2000
Species Scolelepis victoriensis Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Scolelepis viridis Blake & Kudenov, 1978
Species Scolelepis vulgaris (Johnston, 1827)
Species Scolelepis williamsi (Silva, 1961)

Species Scolelepis eltaninae Blake, 1983 represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) eltaninae Blake, 1983 (alternate representation)
Species Scolelepis foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (alternate representation)
Species Scolelepis melasma Hutchings, Frouin & Hily, 1998 represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) melasma Hutchings, Frouin & Hily, 1998 (alternate representation)
Species Scolelepis squamata (Müller, 1806) represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806) (alternate representation)
Species Scolelepis texana Foster, 1971 represented as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) texana Foster, 1971 (alternate representation)
Species Scolelepis tridentata (Southern, 1914) represented as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) tridentata (Southern, 1914) (alternate representation)

Subgenus Scolelepis (Nerinides) (Mesnil, 1896) accepted as Scolelepis (Scolelepis)
  » Species Scolelepis (Nerinides) edmondsi Hutchings & Turvey, 1984 represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) edmondsi Hutchings & Turvey, 1984 (alternate representation)
» Species Scolelepis (Nerinides) bousfieldi Pettibone, 1963 accepted as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) bousfieldi Pettibone, 1963
Species Scolelepis agilis (Verrill, 1873) accepted as Scolelepis squamata (Müller, 1806) represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806)
Species Scolelepis ciliata (Keferstein, 1862) accepted as Malacoceros tetracerus (Schmarda, 1861)
Species Scolelepis derjugini Uschakov, 1948 accepted as Malacoceros derjugini (Uschakov, 1948)
Species Scolelepis fuliginosa (Claparède, 1870) accepted as Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède, 1870)
Species Scolelepis gilchristi de Blainville, 1828 accepted as Scolelepis korsuni Sikorski, 1994
Species Scolelepis girardi (Quatrefages, 1843) accepted as Malacoceros girardi Quatrefages, 1843
Species Scolelepis murmanica Zachs in Uschakov, 1948 accepted as Malacoceros tetracerus (Schmarda, 1861)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links To GenBank
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Notes  Spelling: Scololepis [details]

Type species: Type species Lumbricus squamatus O. F. Muller 1776 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129623
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Scolelepis Blainville, 1828. 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=129623 on 2013-05-24
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