WoRMS taxon details
Scoloplella Day, 1963
244673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244673)
accepted
Genus
Scoloplella capensis Day, 1963 (type by original designation)
- Species Scoloplella capensis Day, 1963
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors
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Description PROTOARICIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae present on the abdomen. All setae crenulated capillaries.
Etymology Not stated. The generic epithet Scoloplella seems to be composed by the name of the genus Scoloplos Blainville, 1828,...
Description PROTOARICIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae present on the abdomen. All setae crenulated capillaries. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The generic epithet Scoloplella seems to be composed by the name of the genus Scoloplos Blainville, 1828,...
Etymology Not stated. The generic epithet Scoloplella seems to be composed by the name of the genus Scoloplos Blainville, 1828, followed by the Latin suffix -ella (masculine: -ellus), which is added to a noun to form a diminuitive of that noun, and presumably makes reference to the small size of the type species of the new genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplella Day, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244673 on 2024-11-09
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original description
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description PROTOARICIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae present on the abdomen. All setae crenulated capillaries. [details]Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 415): ''Small Oribiniidae belonging to the sub-family Protoariciinae with two achaetous segments following the prostomium. Thoracic region with few segments. Thoracic setae are crenulate capillaries in both rami. Abdominal region with both notopodial and neuropodial lobes bearing capillary seta. No specialised setae. Branchiae restricted to the abdominal segments.''
[details]
Etymology Not stated. The generic epithet Scoloplella seems to be composed by the name of the genus Scoloplos Blainville, 1828, followed by the Latin suffix -ella (masculine: -ellus), which is added to a noun to form a diminuitive of that noun, and presumably makes reference to the small size of the type species of the new genus. [details]
