Deep-Sea taxon details
Anguillosyllis capensis Day, 1963
326448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326448)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 400-401, fig. 5a-d [details] Available for editors
page(s): 400-401, fig. 5a-d [details] Available for editors
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.29, geounit South African part...
, Note Off the south coast of Cape Province, South...
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.29, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off the south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°51'S, 23°41'E), 183 m, khaki sand. [details]
Depth range 183 m; 3950-5655 m.
Distribution Cape Province, South Africa (Atlantic and Indian Ocean), and Cape, Angola and Guinea Basins.
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the species, off the Cape Province (South Africa).
Depth range 183 m; 3950-5655 m. [details]
Distribution Cape Province, South Africa (Atlantic and Indian Ocean), and Cape, Angola and Guinea Basins.
Distribution Cape Province, South Africa (Atlantic and Indian Ocean), and Cape, Angola and Guinea Basins. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the species, off the Cape Province (South Africa).
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the species, off the Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Anguillosyllis capensis Day, 1963. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326448 on 2025-06-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Anguillosyllis capensis Day, 1963. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326448 on 2025-06-24
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Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 400-401, fig. 5a-d [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 271, fig. 12.10.z-zzz [details]
additional source Maciolek, Nancy J. (2020). <em>Anguillosyllis</em> (Annelida: Syllidae) from multiple deep-water locations in the northern and southern hemispheres. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4793(1): 1-73., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4793.1.1
page(s): 14-15, table 1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Böggemann, Markus; Purschke, Günter. (2005). Abyssal benthic Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Angola Basin. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 5(1): 221-226., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2004.11.006
page(s): 222-223, fig. 1 [details]
redescription Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X
page(s): 36-38, fig. 1 [details]
redescription Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609209000464
page(s): 403-405, figs. 140-142, 148, appendix 1 [details]
page(s): 400-401, fig. 5a-d [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 271, fig. 12.10.z-zzz [details]
additional source Maciolek, Nancy J. (2020). <em>Anguillosyllis</em> (Annelida: Syllidae) from multiple deep-water locations in the northern and southern hemispheres. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4793(1): 1-73., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4793.1.1
page(s): 14-15, table 1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Böggemann, Markus; Purschke, Günter. (2005). Abyssal benthic Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Angola Basin. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 5(1): 221-226., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2004.11.006
page(s): 222-223, fig. 1 [details]
redescription Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X
page(s): 36-38, fig. 1 [details]
redescription Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428. , available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609209000464
page(s): 403-405, figs. 140-142, 148, appendix 1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.29, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 183 m; 3950-5655 m. [details]Distribution Cape Province, South Africa (Atlantic and Indian Ocean), and Cape, Angola and Guinea Basins. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the species, off the Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Habitat In sand and mud, at 183 m. [details]
Type locality Off the south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°51'S, 23°41'E), 183 m, khaki sand. [details]
