Deep-Sea name details
Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972
328212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328212)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Haploscoloplos Monro, 1933 accepted as Leodamas Kinberg, 1866
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 167-169, plate 34 figs. c-d [details]
page(s): 167-169, plate 34 figs. c-d [details]
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 1006, geounit Salsipuedes Basin
, Note 5 miles, 93° T. from N end of Isla de las...
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 1006, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality 5 miles, 93° T. from N end of Isla de las Animas, Western Mexico, Salsipuedes Basin, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean (28.7156°, -113.0514°). [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range 1377-1417 m.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Salsipuedes Basin (Gulf of California).
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet mexicanus refers to the type locality of the...
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Depth range 1377-1417 m.
Depth range 1377-1417 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Salsipuedes Basin (Gulf of California).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Salsipuedes Basin (Gulf of California). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet mexicanus refers to the type locality of the...
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet mexicanus refers to the type locality of the species, Western mexico. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328212 on 2025-05-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Haploscoloplos mexicanus Fauchald, 1972. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328212 on 2025-05-10
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original description
Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
page(s): 167-169, plate 34 figs. c-d [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
new combination reference 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): 11, fig. 10 [details]
page(s): 167-169, plate 34 figs. c-d [details]
context source (Deepsea) Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207 [details]
new combination reference 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): 11, fig. 10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 1006, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
Nontype LACM AHF, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
Nontype LACM AHF, geounit Salsipuedes Basin [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]Depth range 1377-1417 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Salsipuedes Basin (Gulf of California). [details]
Etymology Not explicitly stated in the original description. The specific epithet mexicanus refers to the type locality of the species, Western mexico. [details]
Habitat Type of sediment not stated, at bathyal depths. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (LACM AHF Poly 1006). [details]
Type locality 5 miles, 93° T. from N end of Isla de las Animas, Western Mexico, Salsipuedes Basin, Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean (28.7156°, -113.0514°). [details]
