Polychaeta name details
original description
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177 page(s): 396-397, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Britaev, T.A. and Saphronova, M. A. 1981. New species of the family Pilargidae (Polychaeta) from the Sea of Japan and revision of the genus Cabira. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 60(9): 1314-1324. page(s): 1322 [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.25, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 49 m. [details]
Distribution South African part of the Indian Ocean: Plettenberg Bay (Western Cape Province). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Habitat Shells, mud and rocks, at shelf depths. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Plettenberg Bay, south coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°02'S, 23°28.4'E), 49 m, shells, mud and rocks. [details]
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