WoRMS name details
Leitoscoloplos kerguelensis minutus (Hartman, 1953)
743505 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743505)
unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination of subjective synonym)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Haploscoloplos kerguelensis minutus Hartman, 1953) Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341
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Type locality Antarctic Ocean, South Georgia, outside mouth of Cumberland Bay, Stn 34 (54º11'S, 36º18'W), gray mud with few stones, 252-310 m. [details]
Depth range 20-310 m.
Distribution Antarctic Ocean. South Georgia.
Etymology The subspecific epithet minutus refers to the small size of the subspecies in relation to the stem species (thoracic width...
Depth range 20-310 m. [details]
Distribution Antarctic Ocean. South Georgia.
Distribution Antarctic Ocean. South Georgia. [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet minutus refers to the small size of the subspecies in relation to the stem species (thoracic width...
Etymology The subspecific epithet minutus refers to the small size of the subspecies in relation to the stem species (thoracic width 0.50-0.55 against 0.90-1.40 mm; Mackie, 1987). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Leitoscoloplos kerguelensis minutus (Hartman, 1953). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743505 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Haploscoloplos kerguelensis minutus Hartman, 1953) Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341
page(s): 37, fig. 11a-c [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 37, fig. 11a-c [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Blake, James A. (2017). Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4218(1): 1-145 [monograph]., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4218.1.1/25653
page(s): 23; note: subspecies synonymised with nominal species L. kerguelensis [details] Available for editors
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redescription Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 1987. A review of species currently assigned to the genus Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae), with descriptions of species newly referred to Scoloplos Blainville, 1828. Sarsia, 72: 1-28. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 4-5, fig. 3, table 6 [details]
page(s): 23; note: subspecies synonymised with nominal species L. kerguelensis [details] Available for editors

redescription Mackie, Andrew S. Y. 1987. A review of species currently assigned to the genus Leitoscoloplos Day, 1977 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae), with descriptions of species newly referred to Scoloplos Blainville, 1828. Sarsia, 72: 1-28. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 4-5, fig. 3, table 6 [details]
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Depth range 20-310 m. [details]Distribution Antarctic Ocean. South Georgia. [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet minutus refers to the small size of the subspecies in relation to the stem species (thoracic width 0.50-0.55 against 0.90-1.40 mm; Mackie, 1987). [details]
Habitat Mud and muddy sediments. [details]
Reproduction One specimen (NRS no. 3480) ovigerous, being an anterior fragment of 24 chaetigers, 8 mm long, thoracic width 0.88 mm (Mackie, 1987). [details]
Type locality Antarctic Ocean, South Georgia, outside mouth of Cumberland Bay, Stn 34 (54º11'S, 36º18'W), gray mud with few stones, 252-310 m. [details]