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Polychaeta name detailsScalibregma ridleyensis Blake, 2025
1808823 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1808823)
unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (spelling gender correction to correct neuter 'ridleyense')
Species
marine,
recent only
Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1
page(s): 184, figures 92-93; note: Offshore of Ridley Island, British Columbia, North Eastern Pacific, 54.208°N, 130.336°W, 21.4 m, holotype MCZ IZ 172002 [details]
Holotype MCZ IZ 172002, geounit North East Pacific
Holotype MCZ IZ 172002, geounit North East Pacific [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Offshore of Ridley Island, British Columbia, North Eastern Pacific, 54.208°N, 130.336°W, 21.4 m, holotype MCZ IZ 172002 [details]
Etymology Scalibregma ridleyensis is named for Ridley Island near where collected. For neuter genus gender agreement the correct...
Etymology Scalibregma ridleyensis is named for Ridley Island near where collected. For neuter genus gender agreement the correct adjectival name must be Scalibregma ridleyense (-is masc & fem, -e neuter) and not 'ridleyensis' as published by the author. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scalibregma ridleyensis Blake, 2025. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1808823 on 2026-06-21
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original description
Blake, James A. (2025). New species and records of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and adjacent seas. <em>Megataxa.</em> 16(1): 1–232., available online at https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.16.1.1
page(s): 184, figures 92-93; note: Offshore of Ridley Island, British Columbia, North Eastern Pacific, 54.208°N, 130.336°W, 21.4 m, holotype MCZ IZ 172002 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MCZ IZ 172002, geounit North East Pacific [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Scalibregma ridleyensis is named for Ridley Island near where collected. For neuter genus gender agreement the correct adjectival name must be Scalibregma ridleyense (-is masc & fem, -e neuter) and not 'ridleyensis' as published by the author. [details]Spelling Note that the author published the species-group name as 'ridleyensis' instead of the correct neuter 'ridleyense'. For a neuter genus gender agreement the correct adjectival name must be Scalibregma ridleyense (-is -is masc & fem, -e neuter). This is a mandatory correction under the Code (article 31.2). [details] Type locality Offshore of Ridley Island, British Columbia, North Eastern Pacific, 54.208°N, 130.336°W, 21.4 m, holotype MCZ IZ 172002 [details] |