Deep-Sea taxon details
Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977
129418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129418)
accepted
Genus
- Species Leitoscoloplos abranchiatus (Hartman, 1967)
- Species Leitoscoloplos acutus (Verrill, 1873)
- Species Leitoscoloplos cliffordi Blake, 2020
- Species Leitoscoloplos drakei (Hartman, 1967)
- Species Leitoscoloplos fragilis (Verrill, 1873)
- Species Leitoscoloplos gordaensis Blake, 2020
- Species Leitoscoloplos kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885)
- Species Leitoscoloplos lunulus Blake, 2020
- Species Leitoscoloplos mammosus Mackie, 1987
- Species Leitoscoloplos mexicanus (Fauchald, 1972)
- Species Leitoscoloplos pachybranchiatus Blake & Hilbig, 1990
- Species Leitoscoloplos pugettensis (Pettibone, 1957)
- Species Leitoscoloplos robustus (Verrill, 1873)
- Species Leitoscoloplos sahlingi Blake, 2020
- Species Leitoscoloplos simplex Blake, 2017
- Species Leitoscoloplos williamsae Blake, 2020
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Day, John H. (1977). A review of the Australian and New Zealand Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). 217-246. <i>In</i>: Reish, Donald J.; Fauchald, Kristian (Eds.). Essays on polychaetous annelids in memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.
page(s): 218 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 218 [details] Available for editors
Etymology The name of the genus Leitoscoloplos is derived from the Greek words leitos, meaning 'simple', and scoloplos, meaning 'a...
Etymology Scoloplos is masculine and thus Leitoscoloplos is also masculine, as authors have treated it.
Etymology The name of the genus Leitoscoloplos is derived from the Greek words leitos, meaning 'simple', and scoloplos, meaning 'a thorn or pointed bristle', and refers to the presence of only crenulate capillaries on the thoracic neuropodia. [details]
Etymology Scoloplos is masculine and thus Leitoscoloplos is also masculine, as authors have treated it.
Etymology Scoloplos is masculine and thus Leitoscoloplos is also masculine, as authors have treated it. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129418 on 2024-04-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129418 on 2024-04-19
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Day, John H. (1977). A review of the Australian and New Zealand Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). 217-246. <i>In</i>: Reish, Donald J.; Fauchald, Kristian (Eds.). Essays on polychaetous annelids in memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.
page(s): 218 [details] Available for editors
additional source Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny. (2002). The Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the BIOSHELF Project, Andaman Sea, Thailand. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication.</em> 24: 77-99.
page(s): 79; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
redescription 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): 2-3 [details]
page(s): 218 [details] Available for editors
additional source Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny. (2002). The Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the BIOSHELF Project, Andaman Sea, Thailand. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication.</em> 24: 77-99.
page(s): 79; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
redescription 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): 2-3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Orbiniidae with a conical prostomium, one achaetous buccal segment (peristomium), thoracic neurochaetae all crenulate capillaries as are thoracic notochaetae, branchiae from chaetiger 8 or later, 1-3 thoracic neuropodial postchaetal processes, 0-2 thoracic subpodal papillae, 0-4 abdominal subpodal papillae, stomach papillae rare, interramal cirri present or absent, forked chaetae present or absent, 0-2 anal cirri (Mackie, 1987: 2). Eibye-Jacobsen (2002: 79) emended the genus to allow the presence of up to six podal paillae and seven subpodal papillae. [details]
Etymology The name of the genus Leitoscoloplos is derived from the Greek words leitos, meaning 'simple', and scoloplos, meaning 'a thorn or pointed bristle', and refers to the presence of only crenulate capillaries on the thoracic neuropodia. [details]
Etymology Scoloplos is masculine and thus Leitoscoloplos is also masculine, as authors have treated it. [details]
From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
