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Polychaeta taxon details

Scoloplos (Leodamas) 
AphiaID: 173935

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass) > Orbiniidae (Family) > Scoloplos (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subgenus
Parent Scoloplos Blainville, 1828
Sources  basis of record: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

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 Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) chevalieri (Fauvel, 1902)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) cirratus (Ehlers, 1897)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) dendrobranchus Hartman, 1957
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) dendrocirris Day, 1977
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) fimbriatus Hartman, 1957
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) gracilis Pillai, 1961
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) johnstonei (Day, 1934)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) latum (Chamberlin, 1919)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) madagascariensis (Fauvel, 1919)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) marginatus (Ehlers, 1897)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) mazatlanensis Fauchald, 1972
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) naumovi Averincev, 1982
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) ohlini (Ehlers, 1901)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) robusta (Kinberg, 1866)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) rubra (Webster, 1879)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) thalassae Amoureux, 1982
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) tribulosus (Ehlers, 1897)
Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) uniramus Day, 1961

Species Scoloplos (Leodamas) verax (Kinberg, 1866) represented as Leodamas verax Kinberg, 1866 (alternate representation)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Notes  description: Species with first branchiae on setiger 5-6; with heavy emerging notacicula in posterior setigers. [details]

Editor's comment: Leodamas is currently treated as a full genus (fide Blake, 2000). These taxa will be moved. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173935
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-07-13 08:37:11Z  created  Braeckman, Ulrike
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Scoloplos (Leodamas). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173935 on 2013-05-20