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Genus Scoloplos Blainville, 1828

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


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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