WoRMS taxon details
original description
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): 438-439, fig. 11f-h [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.153, geounit False Bay (South Africa) [details]
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Depth range 48-60 m. [details]
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 438): ''A single gill with a stalk and a terminal pom-pom of short filaments. First row of uncini without basal shafts.'' [details]
Distribution South Africa: False Bay (Atlantic Ocean). [details]
Editor's comment The records of the species in the European waters seem quite doubtful. Probably they are the result of the use of the monograph ''Polychaeta of Southern Africa'' by Day (1967) to identify European specimens of Pista with some of the branchiae missing. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet unibranchia is composed by the Latin numeral uni, inflected form of unus and meaning 'one', and by the Latin noun of Greek origin branchia, meaning 'gill', and refers to the presence of a single branchia on the species: ''A single median gill is present on setiger 2'' (Day, 1963: 438). [details]
Habitat Sand and shells, at shelf depths. [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 sand and shells. [details]
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