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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.
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The species assigned to the genus Leitoscoloplos are re-examined. With the inclusion of five new taxa (L. geminus sp. nov., L. geminus provincialis subsp. nov., L. banzareae sp. nov., L. mammosus sp. nov., L. obovatus sp. nov.), seventeen species and two subspecies are now recognized. A further four species are newly referred to the genus Scoloplos: S. armiger alaskensis (HARTMAN, 1948), S. normalis (DAY, 1977), S. intermedius (HARTMAN, 1965), and S. similis sp. nov. (for Haploscoloplos cf. fragilis DAY, 1963).
The status of the genus Leitoscoloplos and its relationship to Scoloplos are discussed. Identification of species is shown to require the combined consideration of several characters, some of which vary with size and age. A tabular guide to the species of Leitoscoloplos is given. Using a combination of features, five morphological groupings can be discerned. Of these, the L. kerguelensis group is the most morphologically and geographically cohesive. This observation suggests some degree of vicariance within the genus or, further, may be indicative of polyphyletic origins.
Date action by 2013-01-12 18:30:12Z created db_admin
Haploscoloplos foliosus Hartman, 1951 accepted as Leitoscoloplos foliosus (Hartman, 1951) (new combination reference)
Haploscoloplos kerguelensis chilensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Leitoscoloplos chilensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) (new combination reference) Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977 (redescription) Leitoscoloplos abranchiatus (Hartman, 1967) (new combination reference) Leitoscoloplos bifurcatus (Hartman, 1957) (redescription) Leitoscoloplos bilobatus Mackie, 1987 (original description) Leitoscoloplos chilensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) (redescription) Leitoscoloplos foliosus (Hartman, 1951) (redescription) Leitoscoloplos fragilis (Verrill, 1873) (redescription) Leitoscoloplos geminus Mackie, 1987 (original description) Leitoscoloplos geminus provincialis Mackie, 1987 (original description) Leitoscoloplos kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) (redescription) Leitoscoloplos latibranchus Day, 1977 (redescription) Leitoscoloplos mammosus Mackie, 1987 (original description) Leitoscoloplos mawsoni (Benham, 1921) (basis of record) Leitoscoloplos mexicanus (Fauchald, 1972) (new combination reference) Leitoscoloplos obovatus Mackie, 1987 (original description) Leitoscoloplos panamensis (Monro, 1933) (redescription) Leitoscoloplos pugettensis (Pettibone, 1957) (redescription) Leitoscoloplos robustus (Verrill, 1873) (redescription) Scoloplos (Scoloplos) armiger alaskensis (Hartman, 1948) (new combination reference) Scoloplos intermedius (Hartman, 1965) (new combination reference) Scoloplos normalis (Day, 1977) (new combination reference) Scoloplos similis Mackie, 1987 (original description) |