WoRMS name details
Pionosyllis magnidens Day, 1953
330692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330692)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, John H. (1953). The polychaet fauna of South Africa. Part 2. Errant species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(3): 397-441.
page(s): 416-418, fig. 3a-c [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 416-418, fig. 3a-c [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.14-15, geounit South Africa
, Note Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa,...
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.14-15, geounit South Africa [details]
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Type locality Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Lambert's Bay (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -32.088º, long. 18.309º), from algae in a tidal pool. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Lambert's Bay and Cape).
Etymology The specific epithet magnidens is derived from the Latin combining form magni-, meaning 'large or 'great', and the Latin...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Lambert's Bay and Cape).
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Lambert's Bay and Cape). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet magnidens is derived from the Latin combining form magni-, meaning 'large or 'great', and the Latin...
Etymology The specific epithet magnidens is derived from the Latin combining form magni-, meaning 'large or 'great', and the Latin noun dens, meaning 'tooth', and refers to the very large dorsal tooth present in the anterior region of the pharynx of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pionosyllis magnidens Day, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330692 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Day, John H. (1953). The polychaet fauna of South Africa. Part 2. Errant species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(3): 397-441.
page(s): 416-418, fig. 3a-c [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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
page(s): 263, fig. 12.8.a-c [details]
new combination reference San Martín, G.; López, E.; Aguado, M.T. 2009. Revision of the genus <i>Pionosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with a cladistic analysis, and the description of five new genera and two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(7): 1455-1498
page(s): 1470-1471, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 416-418, fig. 3a-c [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source 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
page(s): 263, fig. 12.8.a-c [details]
new combination reference San Martín, G.; López, E.; Aguado, M.T. 2009. Revision of the genus <i>Pionosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with a cladistic analysis, and the description of five new genera and two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(7): 1455-1498
page(s): 1470-1471, fig. 5 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.14-15, geounit South Africa [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Lambert's Bay and Cape). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet magnidens is derived from the Latin combining form magni-, meaning 'large or 'great', and the Latin noun dens, meaning 'tooth', and refers to the very large dorsal tooth present in the anterior region of the pharynx of the species. [details]
Habitat From algae in tidal pools. [details]
Type locality Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Lambert's Bay (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -32.088º, long. 18.309º), from algae in a tidal pool. [details]
