WoRMS name details
Scoloplos (Scoloplos) acutissimus Hartmann-Schröder, 1991
331775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331775)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Scoloplos (Scoloplos) Blainville, 1828 represented as Scoloplos Blainville, 1828
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71.
page(s): 48-49, figs. 73-80 [details]
page(s): 48-49, figs. 73-80 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-20562, geounit Australia
, Note Australia, Queensland, Gladstone, mangrove...
Holotype ZMH P-20562, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Gladstone, mangrove tidal creek south Tannum Sands (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -23.949º, long. 151.378º). [details]
Depth range Eulittoral.
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Tannum Sands, Gladstone).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet acutissimus is composed by the Latin adjective acutus, meaning 'sharpened' or 'pointed',...
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Tannum Sands, Gladstone).
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Tannum Sands, Gladstone). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet acutissimus is composed by the Latin adjective acutus, meaning 'sharpened' or 'pointed',...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet acutissimus is composed by the Latin adjective acutus, meaning 'sharpened' or 'pointed', and the prefix and superlative form -issimus, presumably making reference to the very sharpened shape of the prostomium of the species, described as being very pointed cone-shaped, more or less as long as wide at the base. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scoloplos (Scoloplos) acutissimus Hartmann-Schröder, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331775 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71.
page(s): 48-49, figs. 73-80 [details]
page(s): 48-49, figs. 73-80 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH P-20562, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]Distribution Australia: Queensland (Tannum Sands, Gladstone). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet acutissimus is composed by the Latin adjective acutus, meaning 'sharpened' or 'pointed', and the prefix and superlative form -issimus, presumably making reference to the very sharpened shape of the prostomium of the species, described as being very pointed cone-shaped, more or less as long as wide at the base. [details]
Habitat Eulittoral fine sand with mud and vegetal debris, in mangrove tidal creek. [details]
Holotype Holotype deposited at Zoologische Museum, Hamburg (ZMH P-20562). [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Gladstone, mangrove tidal creek south Tannum Sands (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -23.949º, long. 151.378º). [details]
