WoRMS taxon details
Leitoscoloplos mexicanus (Fauchald, 1972)
743510 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743510)
accepted
Species
Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
recent only
(of Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 167-169, plate 34 figs. c-d [details]
page(s): 167-169, plate 34 figs. c-d [details]
Holotype (of Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972)...
Holotype (of Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972) LACM AHF Poly 1006, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
Depth range 1377-1417 m.
Depth range 1377-1417 m. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos mexicanus (Fauchald, 1972). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743510 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
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(of Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 167-169, plate 34 figs. c-d [details]
new combination reference 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): 11, fig. 10 [details]
page(s): 167-169, plate 34 figs. c-d [details]
new combination reference 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): 11, fig. 10 [details]





Holotype (of Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972) LACM AHF Poly 1006, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
Nontype (of Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972) LACM AHF, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
Nontype (of Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972) LACM AHF, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]