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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. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology. 10(7): 381-445.
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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
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology
10(7): 381-445
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Recent marine collections by the University of Cape Town have revealed 27 new species of Polychaeta and 32 new records for South Africa. These are described. A new family is erected for the genus Cossura and three new genera are defined. The family Paraonidae is revised and a key to 17 species is drawn up.
South Africa
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Cossuridae Day, 1963 (original description)
 Association

Found in burrows in an old Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) shell inhabited by a hermit crab. [details]

 Depth range

146-320 m. [details]

 Depth range

40-97 m. [details]

 Depth range

183 m; 3950-5655 m. [details]

 Depth range

79-183 m. [details]

 Depth range

183 m. [details]

 Depth range

26 to 100 m. [details]

 Depth range

49 m.  [details]

 Depth range

49 m. [details]

 Depth range

183 m. [details]

 Depth range

49-183 m. [details]

 Depth range

146-320 m. [details]

 Depth range

48 m. [details]

 Depth range

48-183 m. [details]

 Depth range

4-78 m. [details]

 Depth range

48-60 m. [details]

 Depth range

7 m. [details]

 Depth range

183-320 meters deep. [details]

 Depth range

27 m. [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 439): ''This species may be recognised by the presence of pigment granules at the ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 400): ''Prostomium with 3 minute antennae and a pair of large pointed palps fused ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 403): 'Prostomium with three ovoid frontal antennae. Palps small, ventral, ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 404): ''Small Nereidae generally similar to Micronereis but possessing two ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 438): ''A single gill with a stalk and a terminal pom-pom of short filaments. ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 415): ''Small Oribiniidae belonging to the sub-family Protoariciinae with two ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 399): ''A threadlike species with slender dorsal cirri having about 15 long ... [details]

 Distribution

South Africa: off the west coast of Western Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa (Cape Province; KwaZuku-Natal Province). [details]

 Distribution

Cape Province, South Africa (Atlantic and Indian Ocean), and Cape, Angola and Guinea Basins.  [details]

 Distribution

South Africa: off the south coast of Eastern and Western Cape provinces (Indian Ocean). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa: off the south coast of Eastern Cape Province (Indian Ocean). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa, south and west coasts of Cape Province (Atlantic and Indian Ocean).  [details]

 Distribution

South Africa, off the south coast of Cape Province (Indian Ocean).  [details]

 Distribution

South African part of the Indian Ocean: Plettenberg Bay (Western Cape Province). [details]

 Distribution

Off South Africa: Agulhas Bank (Indian Ocean). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa: off Eastern Cape Province (Indian Ocean). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa: off the west coast of Western Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa: False Bay. [details]

 Distribution

South Africa (Cape Province; KwaZuku-Natal Province). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa (Atlantic and Indian coasts). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa: False Bay (Atlantic Ocean). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa: East London (Eastern Cape Province, Indian Ocean). [details]

 Distribution

South Africa: Western and Eastern Cape provinces (Indian and Atlantic Oceans).  [details]

 Distribution

South Africa, Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean).  [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet pauciseta is composed by the Latin adjective pauci, form of paucus and meaning ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet parva (masculine: parvus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and refers to the ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The name of the genus Anguillosyllis refers to Anguilla, Latin for eel, but the resemblance is not ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the species, off the Cape Province (South Africa).  [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet curviseta is composed by the Latin adjective curvi, form of curvus and meaning ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', and refers presumably ... [details]

 Etymology

The name of the genus refers to the resemblance of the type species to a very long Exogone.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the shape of the antennae of the species, short and ovoid, projecting forward from ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The generic epithet Micronereides is composed by the name of the genus Micronereis Claparède, 1863, ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet agulhana refers presumably either to Cape Agulhas (South Africa) or to Agulhas ... [details]

 Etymology

The species is named after Ludwig Karl Schmarda (b. Olmütz, nowadays Czech Republic, 23 August 23 1819; d. Wien, ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet tubicola is a New Latin adjective meaning 'living in tubes' or 'inhabitant of tubes', being ... [details]

 Etymology

Not explicitly stated by the author, the specific epithet africana refers clearly to the type locality of the ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet unibranchia is composed by the Latin numeral uni, inflected form of unus and ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The specific epithet maculata (masculine: maculatus) is a Latin participle meaning 'stained' or ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated. The generic epithet Scoloplella seems to be composed by the name of the genus Scoloplos Blainville, ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa).  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet benguellana refers probably to the location of the type locality in the Benguela Current region.  [details]

 Habitat

Mud and sand, at shelf and slope depths. [details]

 Habitat

Mud, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

In sand and mud, at 183 m.  [details]

 Habitat

Sand, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

Sand, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

On sand and sand with broken shells. [details]

 Habitat

On sand, mud and rock. [details]

 Habitat

Shells, mud and rocks, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

Fine sand, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

Rocky and sandy substrates, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

Mud and sand, at shelf and slope depths. [details]

 Habitat

Sand and shells, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

Sand, shells, and mud, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

Sandy sediments, sometimes associated with rocks, from subtidal to shelf depths (4-78 m). [details]

 Habitat

Sand and shells, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

In burrows in an old Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) shell inhabited by a hermit crab, dredged at 7 m depth. [details]

 Habitat

On muddy and sandy sediments, at shelf depths.  [details]

 Habitat

On coarse white sand and shells, at 27 m deep. [details]

 Homonymy

Raised to Lumbrineris atlantica this subspecies would be a junior secondary homonym to Lumbrineris atlantica ... [details]

 Homonymy

Day (1962) noted the name Lumbrineris atlantica was already used by Kinberg 1865. "I therefore propose that [L. ... [details]

 Type locality

Off the west coast of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (33°06.4'S, 17°44.9'E), 146 m, ... [details]

 Type locality

South coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-34.1667°, 23.5333°), 97 m, green mud. [details]

 Type locality

Off the south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°51'S, 23°41'E), 183 m, khaki sand. [details]

 Type locality

Off the south coast of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°51'S, 23°41'E), 183 m, khaki sand. [details]

 Type locality

Off the south coast of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°51'S, 23°41'E), 183 m, khaki sand. [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 ... [details]

 Type locality

Off the south coast of the Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34º02'S, 23º28.4'E; -34.0333, 23.4733), in ... [details]

 Type locality

Plettenberg Bay, south coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°02'S, 23°28.4'E), 49 m, ... [details]

 Type locality

Agulhas Bank, off south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (36°28.5'S, 21°11'E), 183 m, fine ... [details]

 Type locality

Algoa Bay, south coast of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean, Sta. SCD 156 (34°03'S, 25°59'E); 84 ... [details]

 Type locality

False Bay, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (-34.2083°, 18.6167°), 48 m, khaki sand and shells. [details]

 Type locality

South coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-34.1667°, 23.5333°), 97 m, green mud. [details]

 Type locality

Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-33.9817°, 25.69°). [details]

 Type locality

False Bay, west coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (34°12.5'S, 18°37'E), 48 m, khaki ... [details]

 Type locality

East London, east coast of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (33°01'S, 27°55'E), 7 m, in an old ... [details]