WoRMS taxon details
Scyphoproctus oculatus Reish, 1959
746603 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746603)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Reish, D.J. 1959. A new species of polychaetous annelid (Family Capitellidae) from southern California. Pacific Science 13: 78-80., available online at http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/7933/vol13n1-78-80.pdf?sequence=1
page(s): 78-80, figs. 1-6 [details]
page(s): 78-80, figs. 1-6 [details]
Holotype AHF, geounit Southern California Bight
, Note Bottom of Newport Bay near the Pacific Cost...
Holotype AHF, geounit Southern California Bight [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bottom of Newport Bay near the Pacific Cost Highway (Alternate 101) Bridge (California, USA). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet oculatus derives from the presence of one pair of elliptical-shaped eyes on either side of the...
Etymology The specific epithet oculatus derives from the presence of one pair of elliptical-shaped eyes on either side of the prostomium. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Scyphoproctus oculatus Reish, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746603 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Reish, D.J. 1959. A new species of polychaetous annelid (Family Capitellidae) from southern California. Pacific Science 13: 78-80., available online at http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/7933/vol13n1-78-80.pdf?sequence=1
page(s): 78-80, figs. 1-6 [details]
redescription 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): 101, figures 2-3; note: redescription of holotype [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 78-80, figs. 1-6 [details]
redescription 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): 101, figures 2-3; note: redescription of holotype [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AHF, geounit Southern California Bight [details]
Paratype AHF, geounit Southern California Bight [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology In sand with shell fragments, at the type locality. [details]Editor's comment The coordinates of the type locality given above are estimated. No coordinates were given in the original description. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet oculatus derives from the presence of one pair of elliptical-shaped eyes on either side of the prostomium. [details]
Type locality Bottom of Newport Bay near the Pacific Cost Highway (Alternate 101) Bridge (California, USA). [details]
