WoRMS taxon details
Haplosyllis trifalcata (Day, 1960)
333559 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333559)
accepted
Species
Syllis (Haplosyllis) trifalcata Day, 1960 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Syllis (Haplosyllis) trifalcata Day, 1960) Day, J.H. 1960. The Polychaet [sic] fauna of South Africa. Part 5. Errant species dredged off Cape coasts. Annals of the South African Museum, 45(3): 261-373., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866345
page(s): 308, fig. 6g-i [details]
page(s): 308, fig. 6g-i [details]
Type locality contained in South Africa
type locality contained in South Africa [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution South Africa (False Bay).
Distribution South Africa (False Bay). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Haplosyllis trifalcata (Day, 1960). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333559 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Syllis (Haplosyllis) trifalcata Day, 1960) Day, J.H. 1960. The Polychaet [sic] fauna of South Africa. Part 5. Errant species dredged off Cape coasts. Annals of the South African Museum, 45(3): 261-373., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866345
page(s): 308, fig. 6g-i [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 308, fig. 6g-i [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
Taxonomy
redescription
Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Haplosyllis</i> Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2220: 1-40., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02220.html
page(s): 30-32, fig. 22A-L [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 30-32, fig. 22A-L [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality