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De Silva, P.H.D.H. (1965). New species and records of Polychaeta from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 144(4): 537-563.
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10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05196.x [view]
De Silva, P.H.D.H.
1965
New species and records of Polychaeta from Ceylon
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
144(4): 537-563
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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A collection of polychaetes made by the author in December 1961 and April 1962 from a number of places on the coast of Ceylon was examined. Seven new species and one new subspecies are described and sixteen species are recorded new to the fauna of Ceylon. The holotypes and lectotypes have been deposited in the British Museum (Natural History).
Indian Ocean
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Sri Lankan part of the Indian Ocean for Glycera taprobanensis De Silva, 1965 
Holotype NHMUK BMNH 1963.14.3, geounit Sri Lankan part of the Indian Ocean, identified as Glycera taprobanensis De Silva, 1965
 Authority
 for Leodora knightjonesi (De Silva, 1965)

As the name used by the author repeatedly was as 'De Silva" in bibliographies, indexed in the D's, De Silva is the ... [details]
 Authority
 for Spirorbis (Leodora) knightjonesi De Silva, 1965

As the name used by the author repeatedly was as 'De Silva" in bibliographies, indexed in the D's, De Silva is the ... [details]
 Etymology
 for Glycera taprobanensis De Silva, 1965

Not stated. Taprobana or Taprobane was the name by which the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka was known to the ... [details]
 Etymology
 for Naineris (Polynaineris) kalkudaensis De Silva, 1965

Not stated, but clearly after the type locality, Kalkuda. [details]
 Etymology
 for Spirorbis (Leodora) knightjonesi De Silva, 1965

Not stated. Clearly named after one of the Serpulidae taxonomists, Knight-Joneses husband and wife team, and as the ... [details]
 Type locality
 for Branchiomma cingulatum pererai De Silva, 1965

Puttalam lagoon, Sri Lanka, 8.1, 79.7667, a very large lagoon on the Western Sri Lanka coast [details]
 Type locality
 for Glycera taprobanensis De Silva, 1965

Galle Face, Colombo, western Sri Lanka, 6.92, 79.8462. De Silva gives 4 names, beginning with Galle Face, which is ... [details]
 Type locality
 for Naineris (Polynaineris) kalkudaensis De Silva, 1965

Kalkudah, 7.9085, 81.56754 Sri Lanka. De Silva used the spelling Kalkuda [details]
 Type locality
 for Neanthes negomboensis De Silva, 1965

Pitipana, Negombo lagoon, Sri Lanka [details]
 Type locality
 for Spirorbis (Leodora) knightjonesi De Silva, 1965

Kalkudah, Sri Lanka [details]

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