WoRMS taxon details
Platynereis entshonae Kara, Santos, Macdonald & Simon, 2020
1455094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1455094)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kara, Jyothi; Santos, Cinthya S. G.; Macdonald, Angus H. H.; Simon, Carol A. (2020). Resolving the taxonomic identities and genetic structure of two cryptic Platynereis Kinberg species from South Africa. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 34: 618–636., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS19072
page(s): 627, figures 5, 6, Table 6; note: Yzerfontein, Western Cape [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 627, figures 5, 6, Table 6; note: Yzerfontein, Western Cape [details] Available for editors
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Holotype SAMC SAMC-A089067, geounit South African Coast
, Note Yzerfontein, Western Cape, South Africa,...
Holotype SAMC SAMC-A089067, geounit South African Coast [details]
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Type locality Yzerfontein, Western Cape, South Africa, -33.3649, 18.1598 (33 21' 53.8" S, 18 09' 35.2" E) [corrected from originally published holotype geolocation] [details]
Etymology authors: Platynereis entshonae "is named using the IsiXhosa or Xhosa word ‘entshona’ which means ‘west’, as this is...
Etymology authors: Platynereis entshonae "is named using the IsiXhosa or Xhosa word ‘entshona’ which means ‘west’, as this is the type region of the species". The comment is presumed to be referring to the geographic area called Western Cape, but whether 'entshonae' is an attempt at Latinization or an adjective or noun is not stated. The word is assumed to be an indeclinable noun. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Platynereis entshonae Kara, Santos, Macdonald & Simon, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1455094 on 2024-04-24
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Kara, Jyothi; Santos, Cinthya S. G.; Macdonald, Angus H. H.; Simon, Carol A. (2020). Resolving the taxonomic identities and genetic structure of two cryptic Platynereis Kinberg species from South Africa. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 34: 618–636., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS19072
page(s): 627, figures 5, 6, Table 6; note: Yzerfontein, Western Cape [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 627, figures 5, 6, Table 6; note: Yzerfontein, Western Cape [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype SAMC SAMC-A089067, geounit South African Coast [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: Platynereis entshonae "is named using the IsiXhosa or Xhosa word ‘entshona’ which means ‘west’, as this is the type region of the species". The comment is presumed to be referring to the geographic area called Western Cape, but whether 'entshonae' is an attempt at Latinization or an adjective or noun is not stated. The word is assumed to be an indeclinable noun. [details]Type locality Yzerfontein, Western Cape, South Africa, -33.3649, 18.1598 (33 21' 53.8" S, 18 09' 35.2" E) [corrected from originally published holotype geolocation] [details]
