Polychaeta name details
original description
Day, J. H. (1955). The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 42(287): 407-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02216.x page(s): 436-437, fig. 5g-k [details]
additional source
Day, John Hemsworth. (1961). The Polychaet [sic] Fauna of South Africa. Part 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coasts with a few new records from the shore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 44(299): 463-560., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1961.tb01623.x page(s): 533 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 page(s): 740-742, fig. 36.8.a-e; note: with Pista quadrilobata (Augener, 1918) [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.85, geounit South Africa [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to 64 m. One record from a possible depth of 110m (Day, 1961). [details]
Distribution Atlantic and Indian shores of South Africa. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet qolora refers to the type locality of the species, the Qolora Mouth (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa). [details]
Habitat Different mixtures of sand, shells, stones and rocks, from the intertidal to shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Qolora, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (gazetteer estimate -32.632°, 28.433°), intertidal sea shore. [details]
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