World Polychaeta Database - Scolecolepis jeffreysii McIntosh, 1879

WoRMS name details

Scolecolepis jeffreysii McIntosh, 1879

AphiaID

155035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155035)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (not Spionidae, indeterminable Paraonidae fide Strelzov (1973))

Rank

Species

Parent

Scolecolepis Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Scolelepis Blainville, 1828

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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]

Type data

Note Arctic Ocean, Davis Strait, Greenland

Type locality Arctic Ocean, Davis Strait, Greenland [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature The species Cerutti (1909) described under the name (Aricidea (Aricidea) jeffreysii (McIntosh) is now known as A. (Acmira)...

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]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). 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 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-22 07:56:35Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-03-26 07:46:44Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2010-09-19 05:06:39Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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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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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

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]