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Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)

AphiaID

130537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130537)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Scoloplos Blainville, 1828

Original name

Lumbricus armiger Müller, 1776

Synonymised names

Aricia arctica Hansen, 1878 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Aricia muelleri Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Lumbricus armiger Müller, 1776 · unaccepted

Scoloplos (Scoloplos) armiger (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (superseded nominal subgenus)

Scoloplos canadensis McIntosh, 1901 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Scoloplos elongatus Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Scoloplos jeffreysii McIntosh, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

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Subspecies Scoloplos armiger trioculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Leodamas tribulosus (Ehlers, 1897) (subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Lumbricus armiger Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Danish Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Danish Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Bristle worm measuring up to 120 mm long. The head part is pointed without any visible appendages.
The rest of the body...

Description Bristle worm measuring up to 120 mm long. The head part is pointed without any visible appendages.
The rest of the body consists of numerous segments and can be subdivided into two regions; the central region (segment 12-22) is flattened whereas the posterior region is long and semicylindrical. Gills are present from segment 9 onwards. Colour: orange to deep red. [details]

Distribution S. armiger occurs in almost the entire area, except for the central part of the Oyster Ground. The polychaete is also...

Distribution S. armiger occurs in almost the entire area, except for the central part of the Oyster Ground. The polychaete is also abundant in the Wadden Sea and in almost the whole Delta area. [details]

Distribution Scoloplos armiger is a widely spread species that was only found scarcely in the eastern coastal zone (1994-2001 period)....

Distribution Scoloplos armiger is a widely spread species that was only found scarcely in the eastern coastal zone (1994-2001 period). In the same period the species was mainly distributed near the western coastal zone, the Flemish and Zeeland Banks, where the species reached a very high distribution frequency. The distribution frequency on the Zeeland Banks was remarkably lower. High densities were recorded in both periods: up to 5,000 ind./m2 (1994-2001 period). [details]

Distribution Arctic; Labrador to Massachusetts; Bering Sea to California; Central America; north Japan Sea

Distribution Arctic; Labrador to Massachusetts; Bering Sea to California; Central America; north Japan Sea [details]

Taxonomy Subfamily: Orbiniinae, according to Trott (2004).

Taxonomy Subfamily: Orbiniinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130537 on 2024-11-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Bellan, Gérard

2007-08-03 23:39:31Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2017-08-23 02:25:03Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

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original description (of Lumbricus armiger Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]

original description (of Aricia arctica Hansen, 1878) Hansen, G. Armauer 1879. Annelider fra den norske Nordhavsexpedition i 1877. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne, Christiania 24(3): 267-272., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9491879
page(s): 269 plate 2 figs. 1-8 [details]

original description (of Aricia muelleri Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn. 20: 1-264c., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613
page(s): 176-180, plate VIII figs. 9-15; note: original spelling 'mülleri', with diaeresis on the 'u' [details]

original description (of Scoloplos canadensis McIntosh, 1901) McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1901). Chaetopoda. pp. 68-88. In: Whiteaves, Joseph Frederick (Ed.). Catalogue of the Marine Invertebrata of Eastern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada. Ottawa: S.W. Dawson., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12913027
page(s): 79 [details]

original description (of Scoloplos jeffreysii McIntosh, 1905) McIntosh, W.C. 1905. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. 26. 1. On the Pacific, Atlantic and Japanese Palolo. 2. On the British Goniadidae and Ariciidae. 3. On the same groups found in the 'Porcupine' Expeditions of 1869 and 1870. 4. On the same groups dredged by Dr. Whiteaves of Canada in 1872 and 1873. 5. On the same groups procured by Canon Norman in Norway and Finmark. 6. On some Japanese Glyceridae. 7. On the form described as Hemipodus magellanicus in the Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 715: 33-57. [details]

original description (of Scoloplos elongatus Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 286 [details]

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

context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

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additional source Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358 [details]

additional source McIntosh, William Carmichael. (1910). A monograph of the British annelids. Polychaeta. Syllidae to Ariciidae. Ray Society of London. 2(2): 233-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38533042 [details]

additional source Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries. 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855 [details]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Pettibone, M. H. (1952). Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 1-32. [details]

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Eisig, Hugo. (1914). Zur Systematik, Anatomie und Morphologie der Ariciiden nebst Beiträgen zur generellen Systematik. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 21(6): 153-600, plates 10-27., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47117118 [details]

additional source Fauvel, P. (1927). Polychètes sédentaires. Addenda aux errantes, Arachiannélides, Myzostomaires. Faune de France Volume 16. Paul Lechevalier. Paris. 1-494., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/P.FAUVEL(FdeFr16)Polychetes-sendentaires.pdf [details]

redescription Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors

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redescription Zhadan, A. E. 1998. [Taxonomy of the genus Scoloplos (Orbiniidae) in the White, Barents and North Seas]. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 77(2): 177-190, 7 figures, 2 tables. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Biology The sexes are separate. No breeding is observed below water temperatures of 5 °C. Breeding occurs in early spring and is synchronized with spring tides. There also exist reports of a second breeding period. In some habitats the larvae probably have a benthic development and in other places a short planktonic stage. S. armiger is a fast growing species, breeding for the first time in its second year and living for about four years. S. armiger builds a burrow system in the upper 10-15 cm of the sediment and crawls through the top layer as well. lt does not roam on the sediment surface. S. armiger is relatively tolerant to low winter temperatures. This species shows a distinct and identifiable food preference for organic detritus (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Wolff, 1973; Curtis, 1977; Kirkegaard, 1978; Beukerna, 1979; Fish & Fish, 1989; Bosselmann, 1991). [details]

Distribution Arctic; Labrador to Massachusetts; Bering Sea to California; Central America; north Japan Sea [details]

Habitat The species inhabits a wide range of sediment types, ranging from coarse to fine sand. In the study area it prefers substrates composed of fine sand. S. armiger is also known to occur in anoxic sediments and in sea grass beds (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Wolff, 1973; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]

Habitat Scoloplos armiger is found in all sediment types but prefers sediments with a median grain size of 200 to 350 μm that are enriched with mud (mud content up to 40%). The relative occurrence of the species in such sediments exceeds 50%. [details]

Habitat Found from the intertidal zone to 2013 m depth; prefers sea grass beds and sand, mud and gravel substrates. [details]

Morphology The species superficially resembles a Scolelepis. The head is pointed sharply, smooth and lacks antenna or palps. The body is thin, fragile and reaches a maximum length of 80 mm with more than 200 segments. Parapodia in the front region have simple, short lobes. Those in tail region are more complex with more prominent lobes and dorsal gills. Gills are present on the dorsal surface from about the 12th segment onward. The colour is bright orange-pink or red, with the main blood
vessels clearly visible (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Fish & Fish, 1989; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]

Taxonomy Subfamily: Orbiniinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	wapenworm	[details]
English	bristlewormarmored bristleworm	[details]
German	KiemenringelwurmGummibandwurmbewehrter Pfahlwurm	[details]
Japanese	ヨロイホコムシ	[details]