Canadian Register of Marine Species - Peloscolex Leidy, 1852

ERMS name details

Peloscolex Leidy, 1852

AphiaID

160056 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160056)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tubificinae Claus, 1876

Original name

Peloscolex Leidy, 1852

Direct children (8)

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Species Peloscolex amplivasatus Erséus, 1975 accepted as Tubificoides amplivasatus (Erséus, 1975) (Synonym)
Species Peloscolex benedeni (d'Udekem, 1855) accepted as Tubificoides benedii (d'Udekem, 1855) (Synonym)
Species Peloscolex benedii (d'Udekem, 1855) accepted as Tubificoides benedii (d'Udekem, 1855) (Synonym)
Species Peloscolex euxinicus Hrabĕ, 1966 accepted as Tubificoides euxinicus (Hrabĕ, 1966) (Synonym)
Species Peloscolex heterochaetus (Michaelsen, 1926) accepted as Tubificoides heterochaetus (Michaelsen, 1926) (Synonym)
Species Peloscolex insularis (Stephenson, 1922) accepted as Tubificoides insularis (Stephenson, 1922) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Peloscolex intermedius Cook, 1969 accepted as Tubificoides intermedius (Cook, 1969) (Synonym)
Species Peloscolex swirencowi (Jaroschenko, 1948) accepted as Tubificoides swirencowi Jarošenko, 1948 (Synonym)

Environment

marine, fresh

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Leidy, J. (1852). Description of new genera of Vermes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5 (1850-1851): 124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1642712
page(s): 124 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Martin, P.; Reynolds, J.; van Haaren, T. (2025). World List of Marine Oligochaeta. Peloscolex Leidy, 1852. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160056 on 2025-05-25

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Peloscolex Leidy, 1852. Accessed at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160056 on 2025-05-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 09:27:08Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2005-07-19 12:01:00Z

checked

Timm, Tarmo

2005-07-26 12:00:31Z

checked

Timm, Tarmo

2010-04-20 10:28:20Z

changed

Timm, Tarmo

2020-12-22 12:20:06Z

changed

van Haaren, Ton

2023-08-14 08:07:33Z

changed

van Haaren, Ton

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original description Leidy, J. (1852). Description of new genera of Vermes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5 (1850-1851): 124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1642712
page(s): 124 [details]

taxonomy source Marcus, E. (1942). Sabre algumas Tubificidae do Brasil. Boletins da Faculdade de Philosophia. 6(6):153-228 + Plates I-XII.
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Holmquist, Charlotte. (1978). Revision of the genus Peloscolex (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae). 1. Morphological and anatomical scrutiny; with discussion on the generic level. Zoologica scripta. 7:187-208., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00602.x
page(s): 205 [details] Available for editors

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1981). A contribution to the taxonomy of the Tubificinae (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 94(4):1048-1067., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34607563#page/422/mode/1up
page(s): 1054 [details] Available for editors

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 117 (4):117-172.
page(s): 131 [details] Available for editors

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1966). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) supplement. International Review of Hydrobiology. 51(5): 727-742.
page(s): 731 [details] Available for editors

additional source Timm,. T. (2004). Oligochaeta checklist for ERMS2. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Brinkhurst, R.O. (1963). Taxonomical studies on the Tubificidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta). Internat. Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie. Suppl. 2: 1-89.
page(s): 39 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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