WoRMS name details
Leitoscoloplos normalis Day, 1977
328707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328707)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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.
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Holotype AM W.7345, geounit Hunter River
Holotype AM W.7345, geounit Hunter River [details]
Depth range Not stated. Unknown.
Distribution Temperate coasts of Australia, from SW Australia (Blackwood Estuary) to New South Wales.
Etymology The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', but it is not clear if it refers to a...
Depth range Not stated. Unknown. [details]
Distribution Temperate coasts of Australia, from SW Australia (Blackwood Estuary) to New South Wales.
Distribution Temperate coasts of Australia, from SW Australia (Blackwood Estuary) to New South Wales. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', but it is not clear if it refers to a...
Etymology The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', but it is not clear if it refers to a feature of the species, and if this is case, to which one. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos normalis Day, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328707 on 2025-04-08
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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): 224-225, fig. 1a-d [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W.7345, geounit Hunter River [details]
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Depth range Not stated. Unknown. [details]Distribution Temperate coasts of Australia, from SW Australia (Blackwood Estuary) to New South Wales. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', but it is not clear if it refers to a feature of the species, and if this is case, to which one. [details]
Habitat Not stated. Unknown. [details]
Type designation Australia, New South Wales, Hunter River, Fullerton Cove (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -32.837º, long. 151.795º). [details]