Polychaeta name details
original description
Benham, William Blaxland. (1921). Polychaeta. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports, Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 6(3): 1-128, plates 5-10, 1 map., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16201 page(s): 78-81, plate 9 figs. 91-94 [details]
new combination reference
Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 1987. A review of species currently assigned to the genus Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae), with descriptions of species newly referred to Scoloplos Blainville, 1828. Sarsia, 72: 1-28. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 5-6, fig. 4, tables 1, 6 [details]
Syntype AM W769, geounit Commonwealth Bay [details]
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Depth range 2-4.5 fathoms (3.6-8 m). [details]
Distribution Antarctica: Adélie Land. [details]
Etymology The species is dedicated to Douglas Mawson (b. Shipley, West Yorkshire, UK, May 5, 1882 - d. Brighton, South Australia, October 14, 1958), Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer, leader of the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, during which the type material od the species was collected. [details]
Habitat Not stated. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to Leitoscoloplos by Mackie (1987). Monro (1936: 160) suggested that the species could be referred to sexually mature but bot fully grown specimens of Haploscoloplos kerguelensis. [details]
Type locality Antarctic Ocean, Adélie Land, Commonwealth Bay, Boat Harbour (67ºS, 142º36'E), 2-4.5 fathoms (3.6-8 m). [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited at the Australian Musem, Sydney (59 syntypes, AM W769). [details]
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