WoRMS taxon details
Tomopteris rolasi Greeff, 1885
332620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332620)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Greeff, Richard. (1885). Über die pelagische Fauna an den Küsten der Guinea-Inseln. I. Pelagische Anneliden von Rolas. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 42(3): 432-458, plates XII-XIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45468805 [details] 
Note Indian Ocean, tropical east Africa
Type locality Indian Ocean, tropical east Africa [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Tomopteris rolasi Greeff, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332620 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Greeff, Richard. (1885). Über die pelagische Fauna an den Küsten der Guinea-Inseln. I. Pelagische Anneliden von Rolas. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 42(3): 432-458, plates XII-XIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45468805 [details] 
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kolbasova, G.; Syomin, V.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Teixeira, M. A.; Carvalho, S. (2025). Holopelagic Annelida from the Red Sea off the Central Saudi Arabian coast. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5632(1): 1-41., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5632.1.1
page(s): 26, figures 1, 13, 14; note: Record of one specimen and description for the central Red Sea [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 26, figures 1, 13, 14; note: Record of one specimen and description for the central Red Sea [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (Deepsea)
Bleeker, J.; Spoel, S. (1992). Catalogue of the Polychaeta collected by the Siboga Expedition and type specimens of Polychaeta in the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam. <em>Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 13(13): 121-166., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505308 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Chan, L. C. (1995). The ecology of marine plankton in Tai Tam Bay, Hong Kong, with special reference to barnacle (Arthropoda: Cirripedia) larvae. <em>PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS) Chan, L. C. (1995). The ecology of marine plankton in Tai Tam Bay, Hong Kong, with special reference to barnacle (Arthropoda: Cirripedia) larvae. <em>PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors






Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, tropical east Africa [details]