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

Scolelepis longirostris (Quatrefages, 1843)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scolelepis*	Blainville, 1828	accepted genus name
*Nerine*	Johnston, 1838	generic synonym
*Nerinides*	Mesnil, 1896	generic synonym
*Pseudomalacoceros*	Czerniavsky, 1881	generic synonym
*Scolecolepis*	Malmgren, 1867	orthographic variant
*Scolepis*	[auctt.]	orthographic variant
*Asetocalamyzas*	Tzetlin, 1985	synonym
*Aonis*	sensu Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 [Not Savigny, 1822]	misapplied name

Species group names

*Malacoceros longirostris*	Quatrefages, 1843	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scolelepis longirostris (Quatrefages, 1843). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131175