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WoRMS taxon detailsScoloplos acmeceps Chamberlin, 1919
337437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337437)
accepted
Species
Scoloplos (Scoloplos) acmeceps Chamberlin, 1919 · unaccepted (alternate representation of...)
alternate representation of original combination
marine,
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. <em>Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College.</em> 11(1): 1-23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263520
page(s): 15-16 [no figures] [details] 
Note Pacific Ocean, Laguna Beach, California
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Laguna Beach, California [details]
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet seems to be composed by the Ancient Greek noun acme, meaning 'point' or...
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet seems to be composed by the Ancient Greek noun acme, meaning 'point' or 'tip', and the Latin suffix -ceps, meaning '-headed', and refers presumably to the pointed prostomium of the species: "The prostomium is similarly elongated and pointed [than Scoloplos armiger] but is more slender; it is borne at the end of the peristomium which has the form of a truncate cone" (Chamberlin, 1919: 15). [details] Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplos acmeceps Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337437 on 2025-05-05
Date action by
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). New polychaetous annelids from Laguna Beach, California. <em>Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College.</em> 11(1): 1-23., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263520 page(s): 15-16 [no figures] [details] Otheradditional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
 Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated by the author. The specific epithet seems to be composed by the Ancient Greek noun acme, meaning 'point' or 'tip', and the Latin suffix -ceps, meaning '-headed', and refers presumably to the pointed prostomium of the species: "The prostomium is similarly elongated and pointed [than Scoloplos armiger] but is more slender; it is borne at the end of the peristomium which has the form of a truncate cone" (Chamberlin, 1919: 15). [details]Unreviewed
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]Type locality Pacific Ocean, Laguna Beach, California [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scoloplos acmeceps) To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 13 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records) (from synonym Scoloplos (Scoloplos) acmeceps Chamberlin, 1919) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (248 records) To ITIS |
