Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71. page(s): 48-49, figs. 73-80 [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Gladstone, mangrove tidal creek south Tannum Sands (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -23.949º, long. 151.378º). [details]
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Tannum Sands, Gladstone).
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Tannum Sands, Gladstone). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet acutissimus is composed by the Latin adjective acutus, meaning 'sharpened' or 'pointed',...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet acutissimus is composed by the Latin adjective acutus, meaning 'sharpened' or 'pointed', and the prefix and superlative form -issimus, presumably making reference to the very sharpened shape of the prostomium of the species, described as being very pointed cone-shaped, more or less as long as wide at the base. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Scoloplos (Scoloplos) acutissimus Hartmann-Schröder, 1991. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331775 on 2024-05-05
original descriptionHartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71. page(s): 48-49, figs. 73-80 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Depth range Eulittoral. [details] Distribution Australia: Queensland (Tannum Sands, Gladstone). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet acutissimus is composed by the Latin adjective acutus, meaning 'sharpened' or 'pointed', and the prefix and superlative form -issimus, presumably making reference to the very sharpened shape of the prostomium of the species, described as being very pointed cone-shaped, more or less as long as wide at the base. [details] Habitat Eulittoral fine sand with mud and vegetal debris, in mangrove tidal creek. [details] Holotype Holotype deposited at Zoologische Museum, Hamburg (ZMH P-20562). [details] Type locality Australia, Queensland, Gladstone, mangrove tidal creek south Tannum Sands (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -23.949º, long. 151.378º). [details]