Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae > Genus Scolelepis > Subgenus Scolelepis (Scolelepis)

Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ScolelepisBlainville, 1828accepted genus name
Pseudomalacoceros Czerniavsky, 1881 heterotypic synonym
Scolepis [auctt.] orthographic variant
Asetocalamyzas Tzetlin, 1985 synonym
Scolepis [auctt.] synonym

Species group names

Scolepis cirratulus [auctt.] orthographic variant
Scolelepis squamata (Müller, 1806) synonym; alternate representation
Scolepis cirratulus [auctt.] synonym

Literature

basis of record

Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

additional source

Foster, Nancy Marie 1971. Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 36(129): 1-183.

additional source

ITIS database

additional source

Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta

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Genbank

No records found.

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157566

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.
IUCN:
Red List status LC 2008This species is least concern and is widespread and abundant according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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Last modified

2008-03-26 by Kristian Fauchald

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