WoRMS name details
Sphaerosyllis hystrix capensis Day, 1953
341013 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341013)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Subspecies
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.
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Note Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Cape...
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Type locality Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Cape Agulhas (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.8318º, long. 20.0123º), from intertidal shelly sand. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Western Cape Province).
Etymology The subspecific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Cape Agulhas, the...
Taxonomy Status changed.
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Western Cape Province).
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Western Cape Province). [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Cape Agulhas, the...
Etymology The subspecific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Cape Agulhas, the type locality of the species. [details]
Taxonomy Status changed.
Taxonomy Status changed. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis hystrix capensis Day, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341013 on 2024-05-09
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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): 420, fig. 4g-l [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 420, fig. 4g-l [details] Available for editors
[request] status source Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573
page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype NHMUK 1961.16.9-11, geounit Cape Agulhas [details]
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Western Cape Province). [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Cape Agulhas, the type locality of the species. [details]
Habitat Intertidal shelly sand. [details]
Taxonomy Status changed. [details]
Type locality Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Cape Agulhas (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.8318º, long. 20.0123º), from intertidal shelly sand. [details]
