Deep-Sea taxon details
Exogone normalis Day, 1963
327987 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327987)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 401-403, fig. 5e-h [details] Available for editors
page(s): 401-403, fig. 5e-h [details] Available for editors
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.30, geounit South African part...
, Note South Africa, Off the south coast of Cape...
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.30, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality South Africa, Off the south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°48'S, 22°06'E), 100 m, coarse khaki sand. [details]
Depth range 26 to 100 m.
Distribution South Africa, south and west coasts of Cape Province (Atlantic and Indian Ocean).
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', and refers presumably to the...
Depth range 26 to 100 m. [details]
Distribution South Africa, south and west coasts of Cape Province (Atlantic and Indian Ocean).
Distribution South Africa, south and west coasts of Cape Province (Atlantic and Indian Ocean). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', and refers presumably to the...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', and refers presumably to the lack of a specialised superior compound chaeta in the parapodia, being all the compound chaetae described as ''similar with moderate shaft-heads and straight unidentate blades of normal length'' (Day, 1963: 401). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Exogone normalis Day, 1963. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327987 on 2024-04-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Exogone normalis Day, 1963. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327987 on 2024-04-18
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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): 401-403, fig. 5e-h [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
page(s): 401-403, fig. 5e-h [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.30, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 26 to 100 m. [details]Distribution South Africa, south and west coasts of Cape Province (Atlantic and Indian Ocean). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', and refers presumably to the lack of a specialised superior compound chaeta in the parapodia, being all the compound chaetae described as ''similar with moderate shaft-heads and straight unidentate blades of normal length'' (Day, 1963: 401). [details]
Habitat On sand and sand with broken shells. [details]
Type locality South Africa, Off the south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°48'S, 22°06'E), 100 m, coarse khaki sand. [details]
