WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Tomopteris scolopendra Keferstein, 1861

AphiaID

338599 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338599)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Tomopteris (Johnstonella) apsteini (Rosa, 1908)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tomopteris Eschscholtz, 1825

Original name

Tomopteris scolopendra Keferstein, 1861

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Keferstein, Wilhelm 1861. Einige Bemerkungen über Tomopteris. Reichert's Archiv fuer Zoologie, 1861: 360-368. [details]

Type data

Note Mediterranean Sea

Unreviewed

Type locality Mediterranean Sea [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Moved to different genus

Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Tomopteris scolopendra Keferstein, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338599 on 2026-01-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Keferstein, Wilhelm 1861. Einige Bemerkungen über Tomopteris. Reichert's Archiv fuer Zoologie, 1861: 360-368. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality