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WoRMS name detailsAncistrosyllis parva Day, 1963
209723 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209723)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine,
recent only
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): 395-396, fig. 3g-k [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.12, geounit South African part...
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.12, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality South coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-34.1667°, 23.5333°), 97 m, green mud. [details]
Depth range 40-97 m.
Depth range 40-97 m. [details] Distribution South Africa (Cape Province; KwaZuku-Natal Province).
Distribution South Africa (Cape Province; KwaZuku-Natal Province). [details] Etymology The specific epithet parva (masculine: parvus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and refers to the small...
Etymology The specific epithet parva (masculine: parvus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and refers to the small size of the species: ''A. parva is allied to A. tentaculata Treadwell 1941 from Long Island Sound, U.S.A. Both are small species [...]. A. robusta from Angola [...] is a much larger species'' (Day, 1963: 395, 396). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ancistrosyllis parva Day, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209723 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclatureoriginal 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): 395-396, fig. 3g-k [details] Available for editors [request]new combination reference Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Revision of the Pilargidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including descriptions of new species, and redescription of the pelagic <i>Podarmus ploa</i> Chamberlain (Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 118(3525): 155-207., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7759547 page(s): 181 [details] Available for editors [request]Otheradditional source
Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 216-218, fig. 10.1.f-j [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.12, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
Nontype, geounit False Bay (South Africa) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 40-97 m. [details]Distribution South Africa (Cape Province; KwaZuku-Natal Province). [details] Etymology The specific epithet parva (masculine: parvus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and refers to the small size of the species: ''A. parva is allied to A. tentaculata Treadwell 1941 from Long Island Sound, U.S.A. Both are small species [...]. A. robusta from Angola [...] is a much larger species'' (Day, 1963: 395, 396). [details] Habitat Mud, at shelf depths. [details] Type locality South coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-34.1667°, 23.5333°), 97 m, green mud. [details] |
