WoRMS name details
Haploscoloplos simplex Hutchings, 1974
328214 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328214)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Haploscoloplos Monro, 1933 accepted as Leodamas Kinberg, 1866
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia. (1974). Polychaeta of Wallis Lake, New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 98(4): 175-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35075072
page(s): 183-184, fig. 2A-D [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 183-184, fig. 2A-D [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W.5246, geounit Australia
, Note Australia, New South Wales, Wallis Lake, south...
Holotype AM W.5246, geounit Australia [details]
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Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Wallis Lake, south of Godwin Island and opposite Wallis Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -32.205º, long. 152.508º). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W.5246). [details]
Depth range Shallow water.
Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Wallis Lake).
Etymology The specific epithet simplex is a Latin adjective meaning 'simple', and refers presumably to the presence of simple...
Depth range Shallow water. [details]
Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Wallis Lake).
Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Wallis Lake). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet simplex is a Latin adjective meaning 'simple', and refers presumably to the presence of simple...
Etymology The specific epithet simplex is a Latin adjective meaning 'simple', and refers presumably to the presence of simple branchiae in the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Haploscoloplos simplex Hutchings, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328214 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia. (1974). Polychaeta of Wallis Lake, New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 98(4): 175-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35075072
page(s): 183-184, fig. 2A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Brown, Betsy. (1979). A redescription of <i>Scoloplos simplex</i> (Hutchings, 1974) (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) from Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 92(4): 762-768., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35514483
page(s): 763-766, fig. 1, table 1; note: as Scoloplos simplex [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Day, John H. (1977). A review of the Australian and New Zealand Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). 217-246. <i>In</i>: Reish, Donald J.; Fauchald, Kristian (Eds.). Essays on polychaetous annelids in memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.
page(s): 228-229; note: as Scoloplos (Scoloplos) simplex [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 183-184, fig. 2A-D [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Brown, Betsy. (1979). A redescription of <i>Scoloplos simplex</i> (Hutchings, 1974) (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) from Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 92(4): 762-768., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35514483
page(s): 763-766, fig. 1, table 1; note: as Scoloplos simplex [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Day, John H. (1977). A review of the Australian and New Zealand Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). 217-246. <i>In</i>: Reish, Donald J.; Fauchald, Kristian (Eds.). Essays on polychaetous annelids in memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.
page(s): 228-229; note: as Scoloplos (Scoloplos) simplex [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.5246, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water. [details]Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Wallis Lake). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet simplex is a Latin adjective meaning 'simple', and refers presumably to the presence of simple branchiae in the species. [details]
Habitat Sand in fast flowing conditions, at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Wallis Lake, south of Godwin Island and opposite Wallis Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -32.205º, long. 152.508º). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W.5246). [details]
