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Polychaeta name detailsCeratonereis keiskama Day, 1953
339095 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339095)
alternative representation (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish,
recent only
Day, John H. (1953). The polychaet fauna of South Africa. Part 2. Errant species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(3): 397-441.
page(s): 426-428, text-fig. 5a-f [details] Available for editors  [request]
Note author: "Occurred in waters of very low...
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Type locality author: "Occurred in waters of very low salinity. The type was selected from a collection made in the Keiskama Estuary" Keiskamma Estuary, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, general geolocation of the estuary is -33.2827, 27.4906 [details]
Etymology Evidently named for the type locality, the Keiskama Estuary, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The modern spelling is ...
Etymology Evidently named for the type locality, the Keiskama Estuary, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The modern spelling is "Keiskamma". As the spelling has no Latin suffix to create an adjective, the species-group name is a noun in apposition [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ceratonereis keiskama Day, 1953. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339095 on 2024-04-19
Date action by
original description
Day, John H. (1953). The polychaet fauna of South Africa. Part 2. Errant species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(3): 397-441.
page(s): 426-428, text-fig. 5a-f [details] Available for editors [request] status source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. note: placed in subgenus Composetia [details] Available for editors [request]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Evidently named for the type locality, the Keiskama Estuary, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The modern spelling is "Keiskamma". As the spelling has no Latin suffix to create an adjective, the species-group name is a noun in apposition [details]Type locality author: "Occurred in waters of very low salinity. The type was selected from a collection made in the Keiskama Estuary" Keiskamma Estuary, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, general geolocation of the estuary is -33.2827, 27.4906 [details] |