WoRMS taxon details
original description
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280 page(s): 545-548, text-fig. XCIII a, b [female spec. only], plate VII fig. 259 [details]
redescription
Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (1987). A new species of <i>Thelepus</i> from Punta Arenas, Chile, together with a redescription of <i>Streblosoma comatus</i> (Grube) and <i>Thelepus pequenianus</i> Augener (Thelepinae: Terebellidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21(4): 977-986., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938700770591 page(s): 983-985, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype ZMH HZM V8772, geounit Luderitzbuch Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0-10 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean: Namibia (Luderitz Bay); South Africa (Lambert's Bay). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet pequenianus refers to the type locality of the species, Angra Pequena, the previous Portuguese name for which Luderitz Bay was known. [details]
Habitat Ebb beach and shallow water, 0-10 m. [details]
Type locality Luderitz Bay, Namibia, Atlantic Ocean (-26.6333°, 15.1667°; geocoordinates given in Vol. I p. 18, of 'Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas'). [details]
Type material Deposited at the Zoologische Museum, Hamburg, Germany (HZM V8772). [details]
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