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Polychaeta name details

Scoloplos (Scoloplos) ehlersi Blake, 1985

331778  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331778)

unaccepted > superseded rank (nominal subgenus no longer required)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn
page(s): 97, fig. 19A-F [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  USNM 81852, geounit Galapagos Rise  
Holotype USNM 81852, geounit Galapagos Rise [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift area, vicinity...  
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Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift area, vicinity of geothermal vents, area 20 km south of 'Mounds Area', R/V Gillis Stn. 301 (00º35'N, 86º05'W), 2730 m.  [details]
Depth range 2730 m.  
Depth range 2730 m. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift area (vicinity of geothermal vents).   
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift area (vicinity of geothermal vents).  [details]

Etymology "The species is named for the late Professor Ernst Ehlers of the University of Göttingen in recognition of his very...  
Etymology "The species is named for the late Professor Ernst Ehlers of the University of Göttingen in recognition of his very careful work on orbiniids from the southern oceans" (Blake, 1985: 97). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplos (Scoloplos) ehlersi Blake, 1985. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331778 on 2024-04-19
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original description Blake, James A. (1985). Polychaeta from the vicinity of deep-sea geothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 6: 67-101., available online at https://bit.ly/31jOeWn
page(s): 97, fig. 19A-F [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 81852, geounit Galapagos Rise [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2730 m. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Rift area (vicinity of geothermal vents).  [details]

Etymology "The species is named for the late Professor Ernst Ehlers of the University of Göttingen in recognition of his very careful work on orbiniids from the southern oceans" (Blake, 1985: 97). [details]

Habitat Known from the vicinity of geothermal vents, but not associated with its community, 2730 m depth.  [details]

Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM): holotype USNM 81852.  [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos rift area, vicinity of geothermal vents, area 20 km south of 'Mounds Area', R/V Gillis Stn. 301 (00º35'N, 86º05'W), 2730 m.  [details]