WoRMS taxon details
Scolelepis (Scolelepis) Blainville, 1828
152338 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152338)
accepted
Subgenus
Lumbricus squamatus Müller, 1806 accepted as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806) (type by monotypy)
Scolelepis (Nerinides) (Mesnil, 1896) · unaccepted (superseded )
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) acuta (Treadwell, 1914)
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) aitutakii Gibbs, 1972
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) andradei Delgado-Blas, Diaz & Linero-Arana, 2010
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) angulata Zhou, 2014
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) balihaiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) bifida Hutchings & Turvey, 1984
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) blakei Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) branchia Imajima, 1992
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) brevibranchia Hartmann-Schröder, 1991
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) cantabra (Rioja, 1918)
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) capensis (McIntosh, 1924)
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) crenulata Hartmann-Schröder, 1991
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) daphoinos Zhou, Ji & Li, 2009
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) denmarkensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1983
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) dicha Hutchings, Frouin & Hily, 1998
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) edmondsi Hutchings & Turvey, 1984
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) eltaninae Blake, 1983
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833)
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) globosa Wu & Chen, 1964
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) inversa Meißner & Götting, 2015
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) kudenovi Hartmann-Schröder, 1981
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) laciniata Eibye-Jacobsen, 1997
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lighti Delgado-Blas, 2006
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lingulata Imajima, 1992
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) magnus Ozolinsh, 1990
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) melasma Hutchings, Frouin & Hily, 1998
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) neglecta Surugiu, 2016
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) occidentalis (Hartman, 1961)
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) pettiboneae Maciolek, 1987
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) planata Imajima, 1992
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) quadridentata Maciolek, 1987
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) rubra Lee & Min, 2022
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) sagittaria Imajima, 1992
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806)
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) unidentata (Day, 1973)
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) variegata Imajima, 1992
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) vossae Delgado-Blas, 2006
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) westoni Maciolek, 1987
- Species Scolelepis (Scolelepis) texana Foster, 1971 accepted as Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) texana Foster, 1971
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Scolelepis Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 492-493 [details]
page(s): 492-493 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Scolelepis (Scolelepis) Blainville, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152338 on 2026-08-02
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(of Scolelepis Blainville, 1828) Blainville, H. M. D de [Henri-Marie Ducrotay]. (1828). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes <b>[entries in VEA-VERS, volume 57]</b>. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-memês, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Suive d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes.</em> vol. 57 [Tome LVII. Vea - Vers] F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25316522
page(s): 492-493 [details]
basis of record Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 332, 333 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 492-493 [details]
basis of record Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 332, 333 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
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): 16-17 [details]
page(s): 16-17 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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