World Polychaeta Database - Diopatra monroi Day, 1960

Polychaeta taxon details

Diopatra monroi Day, 1960

AphiaID

326958 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326958)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833

Orig. name

Diopatra monroi Day, 1960

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Day, J.H. 1960. The Polychaet [sic] fauna of South Africa. Part 5. Errant species dredged off Cape coasts. Annals of the South African Museum, 45(3): 261-373., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866345 [details]

Type data

Note South Africa

Type locality South Africa [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Diopatra monroi Day, 1960. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326958 on 2021-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

[taxonomic tree]

original description Day, J.H. 1960. The Polychaet [sic] fauna of South Africa. Part 5. Errant species dredged off Cape coasts. Annals of the South African Museum, 45(3): 261-373., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866345 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Editor's comment The name is presently preoccupied by Diopatra hupferiana monroi (Day, 1957). A revision to rectify this situation is in progress. [details]

From other sources

Type locality South Africa [details]