WoRMS taxon details
Leitoscoloplos geminus provincialis Mackie, 1987
335503 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335503)
accepted
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 7, fig. 6, table 6 [details]
page(s): 7, fig. 6, table 6 [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1961.9.442, geounit Cape Provinces
, Type locality contained in South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean , Note Off Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic...
Holotype NHMUK 1961.9.442, geounit Cape Provinces [details]
type locality contained in South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean, holotype and paratypes from combined material of stations WCD.61 (32°05'S, 18°06'E), WCD.63 (32°05'S, 18°06'E) and WCD.64 (32°05'S, 17°56'E) of Day (1961). [details]
Depth range 108-128 m.
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: off Cape Province (South Africa).
Etymology The subspecific epithet provincialis refers to the type locality of the species, off Cape Province (South Africa).
Depth range 108-128 m. [details]
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: off Cape Province (South Africa).
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: off Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet provincialis refers to the type locality of the species, off Cape Province (South Africa).
Etymology The subspecific epithet provincialis refers to the type locality of the species, off Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos geminus provincialis Mackie, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335503 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1961.9.442, geounit Cape Provinces [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1961.9.443-458, geounit Cape Provinces [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 108-128 m. [details]Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: off Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet provincialis refers to the type locality of the species, off Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Habitat Mud, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Off Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean, holotype and paratypes from combined material of stations WCD.61 (32°05'S, 18°06'E), WCD.63 (32°05'S, 18°06'E) and WCD.64 (32°05'S, 17°56'E) of Day (1961). [details]
