WoRMS name details
Haploscoloplos foliosus Hartman, 1951
328211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328211)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Haploscoloplos Monro, 1933 accepted as Leodamas Kinberg, 1866
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 78-79 [no figures] [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 78-79 [no figures] [details] Available for editors

Holotype LACM AHF Poly 0688, geounit Aransas Bay
, Note Turtle Bayou, Aransas Bay, Texas, USA, Gulf of...
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 0688, geounit Aransas Bay [details]
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Type locality Turtle Bayou, Aransas Bay, Texas, USA, Gulf of Mexico (gazetteer estimate 27.976°, -97.071°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Northern Gulf of Mexico: USA (Mississipi; Texas).
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet foliosus is a Latin adjective meaning 'leafy' or 'full of...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Northern Gulf of Mexico: USA (Mississipi; Texas).
Distribution Northern Gulf of Mexico: USA (Mississipi; Texas). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet foliosus is a Latin adjective meaning 'leafy' or 'full of...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet foliosus is a Latin adjective meaning 'leafy' or 'full of leaves', and refers presumably to the foliaceous abdominal notopodial postchaetal lamellae, which becomes very long posteriorly, attaining a length up to 1.5 times the length of the branchiae. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Haploscoloplos foliosus Hartman, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328211 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 78-79 [no figures] [details] Available for editors
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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): 14-15, fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 78-79 [no figures] [details] Available for editors

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): 14-15, fig. 15 [details]





Holotype LACM AHF Poly 0688, geounit Aransas Bay [details]
Nontype LACM AHF N3124, geounit Biloxi [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Northern Gulf of Mexico: USA (Mississipi; Texas). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet foliosus is a Latin adjective meaning 'leafy' or 'full of leaves', and refers presumably to the foliaceous abdominal notopodial postchaetal lamellae, which becomes very long posteriorly, attaining a length up to 1.5 times the length of the branchiae. [details]
Habitat Sand beaches, amongst decaying vegetation, and in shore sandy mud flats. [details]
Type locality Turtle Bayou, Aransas Bay, Texas, USA, Gulf of Mexico (gazetteer estimate 27.976°, -97.071°). [details]