African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Hermella capensis Schmarda, 1861

AfReMaS name details

Hermella capensis Schmarda, 1861

AphiaID

337771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337771)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Gunnarea gaimardi (Quatrefages, 1848)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Gunnarea Johannson, 1927

Parent

Hermella Savigny, 1822 accepted as Sabellaria Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Hermella capensis Schmarda, 1861

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 23, 7 text-figs., plate XX fig. 171 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Hermella capensis Schmarda, 1861. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337771 on 2026-08-17

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. Hermella capensis Schmarda, 1861. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337771 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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Sources (3)

original description Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 23, 7 text-figs., plate XX fig. 171 [details]

additional source Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795
page(s): 349 [details]

source of synonymy Kirtley, David W. 1994. The taxonomy and comparative morphology of the genera in the family Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida, Polychaeta). Mémoires du Muséum national D'histoire naturelle, 162: 627. [details]