WoRMS name details
Scolecolepis jeffreysii McIntosh, 1879
155035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155035)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (not Spionidae, indeterminable Paraonidae fide Strelzov (1973))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1878). On the Annelida obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. ‘Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology.</em> 1(7): 499-511, plate LXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379719 [details]
Note Arctic Ocean, Davis Strait, Greenland
Type locality Arctic Ocean, Davis Strait, Greenland [details]
Nomenclature The species Cerutti (1909) described under the name (Aricidea (Aricidea) jeffreysii (McIntosh) is now known as A. (Acmira)...
Taxonomy McIntosh was uncertain of the generic placement, using the formulation "Scolecolepis (?) jeffreysii".
Nomenclature The species Cerutti (1909) described under the name (Aricidea (Aricidea) jeffreysii (McIntosh) is now known as A. (Acmira) cerrutii Laubier, 1966. [details]
Taxonomy McIntosh was uncertain of the generic placement, using the formulation "Scolecolepis (?) jeffreysii".
Taxonomy McIntosh was uncertain of the generic placement, using the formulation "Scolecolepis (?) jeffreysii". [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Scolecolepis jeffreysii McIntosh, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155035 on 2026-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1878). On the Annelida obtained during the Cruise of H.M.S. ‘Valorous' to Davis Strait in 1875. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series: Zoology.</em> 1(7): 499-511, plate LXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28379719 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Strelzov, V.E. (1973). МНОГОЩЕТИНКОВЫЕ ЧЕРВИ семейства Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [Polychaete worms of the family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria)]. Akademia Nauk. Moscow. 1-170., available online at http://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/streltsov1973_paraonidae.pdf
page(s): 106 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 106 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Holotype The Natural History Museum, London. According to Strelzov (1979:195) the specimen, an anterior fragment, was "lost in the post" after he had examined it, and pronounced it indeterminable. [details]Nomenclature The species Cerutti (1909) described under the name (Aricidea (Aricidea) jeffreysii (McIntosh) is now known as A. (Acmira) cerrutii Laubier, 1966. [details]
Taxonomy McIntosh was uncertain of the generic placement, using the formulation "Scolecolepis (?) jeffreysii". [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Arctic Ocean, Davis Strait, Greenland [details]
