Genus Scoloplos Blainville, 1828

Museums

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• Scoloplos Blainville, H. de 1828. Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes … d'après l'état actuel de nos connais sciences, soit relativement a l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la mediciné. Vol. 1. [493].

  Type species:

   Lumbricus armiger Müller, 1776 by original designation.
• Scolaricia Eisig, H. 1914. Zur Systematik, Anatomie und Morphologie der Ariciiden nebst Beiträgen zur generellen Systematik. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Berlin 21: 153-600, 23 pls [426].
• Labotas Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22(4): 239-258 [Date published 1866] [252].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

ORBINIIDAE: Scoloplos (Scoloplos) armiger Müller, 1776 [Scoloplos armiger records by Augener, 1914 (WA) and Rullier, 1965 (QLD) are not actually Scoloplos armiger. Scoloplos armiger records from global localities require revision, according to Day (1977)] — Day, J.H. 1977. A Review of the Australian and New Zealand Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). pp. 217-246 in Reish, D.J. & Fauchald, K. (eds). Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. Los Angeles : Allan Hancock Press 604 pp.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast
• New Zealand
  • North Island
  • South Island

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	ANNELIDA	17-Oct-2023	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023	POLYCHAETA Claparède, 1864	13-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023	SCOLECIDA	17-Oct-2023	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		17-Oct-2023	MODIFIED
		17-Oct-2023	MODIFIED