WoRMS name details
Scalisetosus formosus Moore, 1903
339841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339841)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 403-405, plate XXIII figs. 4-6; note: genus misspelled as 'Scalesetosus' [details]
page(s): 403-405, plate XXIII figs. 4-6; note: genus misspelled as 'Scalesetosus' [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Sagami Bay, Japan
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Sagami Bay, Japan [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Scalisetosus formosus Moore, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339841 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239
page(s): 403-405, plate XXIII figs. 4-6; note: genus misspelled as 'Scalesetosus' [details]
page(s): 403-405, plate XXIII figs. 4-6; note: genus misspelled as 'Scalesetosus' [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian Hope. (1969). Review of some species referred to <i>Scalisetosus</i> McIntosh (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 82: 1-30., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3412 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1938). The types of the polychaete worms of the families Polynoidae and Polyodontidae in the United States National Museum and the description of a new genus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 86(3046): 107-134., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7568964
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Izuka, Akira. (1912). The errantiate Polychaeta of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 30(2): 1-262, plates I-XXIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39205921
page(s): 61-63, plate XII figs. 17-19 [details]
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Izuka, Akira. (1912). The errantiate Polychaeta of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 30(2): 1-262, plates I-XXIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39205921
page(s): 61-63, plate XII figs. 17-19 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
