WoRMS taxon details

Pisione africana Day, 1963

330715  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330715)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Sigalionidae (Family)
  9. Pisioninae (Subfamily)
  10. Pisione (Genus)
  11. Pisione africana (Species)
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): 390-392, fig. 2a-e [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  NHMUK 1963.1.12, geounit Algoa Bay  
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.12, geounit Algoa Bay [details]
, Note Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-33.9817°, 25.69°). [details]
Depth range 4-78 m.  
Depth range 4-78 m. [details]

Distribution South Africa (Atlantic and Indian coasts).  
Distribution South Africa (Atlantic and Indian coasts). [details]

Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author, the specific epithet africana refers clearly to the type locality of the species, in...  
Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author, the specific epithet africana refers clearly to the type locality of the species, in Africa (South Africa) [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Pisione africana Day, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330715 on 2024-04-23
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian

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original description 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): 390-392, fig. 2a-e [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.12, geounit Algoa Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 4-78 m. [details]

Distribution South Africa (Atlantic and Indian coasts). [details]

Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author, the specific epithet africana refers clearly to the type locality of the species, in Africa (South Africa) [details]

Habitat Sandy sediments, sometimes associated with rocks, from subtidal to shelf depths (4-78 m). [details]

Type locality Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-33.9817°, 25.69°). [details]
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