African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cirriformia afer (Ehlers, 1908)

AfReMaS taxon details

Cirriformia afer (Ehlers, 1908)

AphiaID

332690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332690)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cirriformia Hartman, 1936

Original name

Cirratulus afer Ehlers, 1908

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 127-128, plate XVII figs. 10-12 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Cirriformia afer (Ehlers, 1908). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332690 on 2026-07-01

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Cirriformia afer (Ehlers, 1908). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332690 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description (of ) Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 127-128, plate XVII figs. 10-12 [details]

basis of record Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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