WoRMS name details
Pseudomalacoceros Czerniavsky, 1881
147137 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147137)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Malacoceros longirostris Quatrefages, 1843 accepted as Scolelepis longirostris (Quatrefages, 1843) (type by original designation)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros arenicola (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959) (uncertain, genus is a synonym)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros bousfieldi (Pettibone, 1963) accepted as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) bousfieldi Pettibone, 1963 (invalid genus)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros cantabra (Rioja, 1918) accepted as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) cantabra (Rioja, 1918) (superseded combination)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros gilchristi (Day, 1961) accepted as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) gilchristi (Day, 1961) (superseded combination)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros maculata (Hartman, 1961) accepted as Spio maculata (Hartman, 1961) (superseded combination)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros papillosus (Okuda, 1937) accepted as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) papillosa (Okuda, 1937) (superseded combination)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros pigmentata (Reish, 1959) accepted as Microspio pigmentata (Reish, 1959) (superseded combination)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros quinquedentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) accepted as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) quinquedentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1965) (superseded recombination)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros tridentata (Southern, 1914) accepted as Scolelepis tridentata (Southern, 1914) (superseded recombination)
- Species Pseudomalacoceros yamaguchii (Imajima, 1959) accepted as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) yamaguchii (Imajima, 1959) (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542
page(s): 361 [details]
page(s): 361 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudomalacoceros Czerniavsky, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147137 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Czerniavsky, Voldemaro. (1881). Materialia ad zoographiam Ponticam comparatam. Fasc. III Vermes [Second part]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (= Byulletin' Moskovskogo obshchestva ispytatelei prirody).</em> 56(2): 338-420, 1 plate., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340542
page(s): 361 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 361 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046 [details] Available for editors 
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source of synonymy Maciolek, Nancy J. 1987. New species and records of Scolelepis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the east coast of North America, with a review of the subgenera. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 7: 16-40.
page(s): 17; note: with Scolelepis Blainville, 1828 [details]
[request]source of synonymy Maciolek, Nancy J. 1987. New species and records of Scolelepis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the east coast of North America, with a review of the subgenera. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 7: 16-40.
page(s): 17; note: with Scolelepis Blainville, 1828 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
