WoRMS name details
Scalisetosus australiensis Benham, 1915
337747 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337747)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Benham, W.B. (1915). [part 1] Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. 'Endeavour' on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, Part 1. <em>Biological Results of the Fisheries Expedition F.I.S.</em> Volume 3(4). 171-237. H.C. Dannevig. Sydney., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/953505
page(s): 200-201, plate XLIV figures 114-117; note: South Australia (no further information given) [details]
page(s): 200-201, plate XLIV figures 114-117; note: South Australia (no further information given) [details]
Type locality contained in South Australian Gulfs
, Note Southern coast of Australia. Benham gives no...
type locality contained in South Australian Gulfs [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Southern coast of Australia. Benham gives no location information other than southern coast of Australia. [details]
Distribution Distribution information is limited. Benham vaguely recorded the location as "southern coast of Australia", Augener (1924)...
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Distribution Distribution information is limited. Benham vaguely recorded the location as "southern coast of Australia", Augener (1924) added a specimen from off Cape Maria van Diemen, northern New Zealand, and Averincev (1978) added 4 specimens from off Lord Howe Island [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scalisetosus australiensis Benham, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337747 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Benham, W.B. (1915). [part 1] Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. 'Endeavour' on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, Part 1. <em>Biological Results of the Fisheries Expedition F.I.S.</em> Volume 3(4). 171-237. H.C. Dannevig. Sydney., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/953505
page(s): 200-201, plate XLIV figures 114-117; note: South Australia (no further information given) [details]
page(s): 200-201, plate XLIV figures 114-117; note: South Australia (no further information given) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Averincev, V. G. [aka Averintsev or Averinzev]. (1978). [ The Polychaetous Annelids of the Aphroditiformia of the Shelf and Upper Bathial of Australian and New Zealand Region and of Macquarie Island (on the Base Data of 16th Cruise of R/V Dmitri Mendeleev).]. <em>Transactions of the P.P.Shirov Institute of Oceanology Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.</em> 113: 51-72. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1924). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XVIII. Polychaeta II. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. I. Errantia. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 75: 241-441., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27905496
page(s): 293; note: record of a specimen from 50 fathoms depth and off Cape Maria van Diemen, northern New Zealand [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Augener, Hermann. (1924). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XVIII. Polychaeta II. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. I. Errantia. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 75: 241-441., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27905496
page(s): 293; note: record of a specimen from 50 fathoms depth and off Cape Maria van Diemen, northern New Zealand [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Distribution information is limited. Benham vaguely recorded the location as "southern coast of Australia", Augener (1924) added a specimen from off Cape Maria van Diemen, northern New Zealand, and Averincev (1978) added 4 specimens from off Lord Howe Island [details]Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Type locality Southern coast of Australia. Benham gives no location information other than southern coast of Australia. [details]
