WoRMS name details
Scolecolepis viridis Verrill, 1873
338555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338555)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501
page(s): 345 (51), 600-601 (306-307); note: two different paginations are printed - one on top outer, one near the spine; no figures [details]
page(s): 345 (51), 600-601 (306-307); note: two different paginations are printed - one on top outer, one near the spine; no figures [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scolecolepis viridis Verrill, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338555 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
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Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries].</em> 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12087501
page(s): 345 (51), 600-601 (306-307); note: two different paginations are printed - one on top outer, one near the spine; no figures [details]
new combination reference Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of CuraƧao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046
page(s): 37-40, figs. 57-65; note: as Scolecolepides viridis [details] Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98.
page(s): 13; note: as Scolelepides viridis [lapus calami] [details] Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference Maciolek, Nancy J. 1984. New records and species of Marenzelleria Mesnil and Scolecolepides Ehlers, (Polychaeta; Spionidae) from Northeastern North America. 48-62. IN: Hutchings, Patricia A. (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 48-62.
page(s): 51-55, fig. 2; note: as Marenzelleria viridis [details]
page(s): 345 (51), 600-601 (306-307); note: two different paginations are printed - one on top outer, one near the spine; no figures [details]
new combination reference Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of CuraƧao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046
page(s): 37-40, figs. 57-65; note: as Scolecolepides viridis [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98.
page(s): 13; note: as Scolelepides viridis [lapus calami] [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Maciolek, Nancy J. 1984. New records and species of Marenzelleria Mesnil and Scolecolepides Ehlers, (Polychaeta; Spionidae) from Northeastern North America. 48-62. IN: Hutchings, Patricia A. (Ed.). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 48-62.
page(s): 51-55, fig. 2; note: as Marenzelleria viridis [details]





Unreviewed
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]Type locality Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey [details]