African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Glycera capitata benguellana Augener, 1931

AfReMaS name details

Glycera capitata benguellana Augener, 1931

AphiaID

340879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340879)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Glycera capitata Örsted, 1842

Original name

Glycera capitata benguellana Augener, 1931

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Augener, Hermann. (1931). Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg. 44: 279-313.
page(s): 303-304, fig. 9a-b [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Glycera capitata benguellana Augener, 1931. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340879 on 2026-09-03

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. Glycera capitata benguellana Augener, 1931. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340879 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-19 16:32:34Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2025-08-07 23:04:34Z

changed

Gil, João

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Sources (3)

original description Augener, Hermann. (1931). Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg. 44: 279-313.
page(s): 303-304, fig. 9a-b [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Böggemann, M. (2002). Revision of the Glyceridae Grube 1850 (Annelida: Polychaeta). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 555: 1–249., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/list/series/abh_senck
page(s): 40-41, figs. 22-24; note: suggested synonymy with Glycera oxycephala (types lost) [details]

source of synonymy 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]