WoRMS taxon details
original description
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): 6-7, fig. 5, tables 2, 6 [details]
redescription
Blake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653 page(s): 30; note: new records with description (not from types) and figures [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1936.2.8.2360, geounit South Orkney Islands [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1936.2.8.2361-2384, geounit South Orkney Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 24-36 m. [details]
Distribution Southern Ocean: South Orkney Islands. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet geminus, Latin adjective meaning 'twin', refers to the close resemblance of the species to Leitoscoloplos mawsoni (Benham, 1921). [details]
Habitat Unknown. [details]
Type locality East end of Normanna Strait, near Cape Hansen, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -60.666°, -45.575°). [details]
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