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Scolelepis  Blainville, 1828
Taxonomic Serial No.: 66942

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 1997   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumAnnelida  – annelids, annélides, Anelídeo, minhoca, sanguessuga  
                ClassPolychaeta  – paddle-footed annelids, polychaetes, polychètes, corrupto, poliqueto  
                   SubclassSedentaria   
                      InfraclassCanalipalpata   
                         OrderSpionida   
                            FamilySpionidae Grube, 1850  
                               GenusScolelepis Blainville, 1828  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesScolelepis acuta   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis alaskensis   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis bonnieri   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis bousfieldi   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis cantabra (Rioja, 1918)  
                                  SpeciesScolelepis ciliatus   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis cirratulus   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis foliosa   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis fulginosa   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis girardi   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis mesnili (Bellan and Lagardere, 1971)  
                                  SpeciesScolelepis papillosa   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis perrieri   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis squamata (O. F. Mueller, 1806)  
                                  SpeciesScolelepis texana   
                                  SpeciesScolelepis tridentata   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Kristian Fauchald   
  Notes: Research Zoologist, Curator of Worms, Department of Systematic Biology, Invertebrate Zoology Section, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA   
  Reference for: Scolelepis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scolelepis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fauchald, K.   
  Publication Date: 1977   
  Article/Chapter Title: The polychaete worms: Definitions and keys to the orders, families, and genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 28   
  Page(s): 190   
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  Notes: Source of authority and some synonomy for genera   
  Reference for: Scolelepis   
       

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