Marine Species Traits - Megascolex sumatranus Horst, 1883

Traits taxon details

Megascolex sumatranus Horst, 1883

AphiaID

1069346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1069346)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Megascolex Templeton, 1844

Original name

Megascolex sumatranus Horst, 1883

Environment

terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Horst, R. (1883). New species of the genus Megascolex Templeton (Perichaeta Schmarda) in the collections of the Leyden Museum. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 5(3): 182-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9353737
page(s): 189 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Megascolex sumatranus Horst, 1883. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1069346 on 2025-05-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Megascolex sumatranus Horst, 1883. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1069346 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-03-12 08:59:35Z

created

Reynolds, John W.

2021-04-24 13:22:31Z

changed

van Haaren, Ton

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Attributes (3)

original description Horst, R. (1883). New species of the genus Megascolex Templeton (Perichaeta Schmarda) in the collections of the Leyden Museum. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 5(3): 182-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9353737
page(s): 189 [details]

basis of record Reynolds, J. W.; Wetzel, M. J. (2018). Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens. Editio Secunda. , available online at https://nomenclatura-oligochaetologica.inhs.illinois.edu/ [details]

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