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

Scolelepis tridentata (Southern, 1914)

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

*Nerinides tridentata*	Southern, 1914	synonym
*Pseudomalacoceros tridentata*	(Southern, 1914)	synonym
*Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) tridentata*	(Southern, 1914)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

additional source	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.
additional source	Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta]. 2nd revised ed. The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology, 58. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. 648 pp.
redescription	Surugiu, Victor. (2023). Redescription of Scolelepis tridentata (Southern, 1914) (Annelida: Spionidae), with description of a new species of Scolelepis from the Black Sea. The European Zoological Journal. 90(2): 584-603.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scolelepis tridentata (Southern, 1914). 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:131178