WoRMS name details
Dasychone argus capensis McIntosh, 1885
341050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341050)
unaccepted (superseded original combination as a rank downgrade)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Dasychone capensis McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 506-507, plate LIV fig. 1, plate XXXIA figs. 9-11, plate XXXIXA fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 506-507, plate LIV fig. 1, plate XXXIA figs. 9-11, plate XXXIXA fig. 8 [details]
Note South Africa
From other sources
Type locality South Africa [details]
Taxonomy Although the status of McIntosh's (1925) usage of Dasychone argus capensis is not presented well, he appears to be only...
Taxonomy Although the status of McIntosh's (1925) usage of Dasychone argus capensis is not presented well, he appears to be only presenting his 1885 Challenger species Dasychone capensis downgraded to a variety, while adding another specimen from Cape station 93. Hartman catalogue (1959: 540) evidently misinterprets this 1925 usage as the creation of a new variety, and thus the name would be a homonym if raised to a species. The confusion is entirely understandable but McIntosh states that "The " Challenger " procured this form off the Cape in 150 fathoms", and the station locations match. Day (1961: 538) has the correct relationship, with the D. argus var 'capensis' name usage as a synonym of the original Dasychone capensis name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Dasychone argus capensis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341050 on 2024-04-24
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original description
(of Dasychone capensis McIntosh, 1885) McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 506-507, plate LIV fig. 1, plate XXXIA figs. 9-11, plate XXXIXA fig. 8 [details]
taxonomy source Day, John Hemsworth. (1961). The Polychaet [sic] Fauna of South Africa. Part 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coasts with a few new records from the shore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 44(299): 463-560., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1961.tb01623.x
page(s): 538; note: record as Dasychone capensis McIntosh (1885), with D argus var. capensis as a synonym [details] Available for editors
[request]
redescription McIntosh, W. C. (1925). A second contribution to the marine polychaetes of South Africa. <em>Union South African Fisheries Marine Biological Survey, Report.</em> 5(4): 1-93, plates I-X.
page(s): 87, no figures; note: McIntosh is downgrading his original Dayschone capensis of 1885 to a variety, while adding another specimen from Cape station 93. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 506-507, plate LIV fig. 1, plate XXXIA figs. 9-11, plate XXXIXA fig. 8 [details]
taxonomy source Day, John Hemsworth. (1961). The Polychaet [sic] Fauna of South Africa. Part 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coasts with a few new records from the shore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 44(299): 463-560., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1961.tb01623.x
page(s): 538; note: record as Dasychone capensis McIntosh (1885), with D argus var. capensis as a synonym [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription McIntosh, W. C. (1925). A second contribution to the marine polychaetes of South Africa. <em>Union South African Fisheries Marine Biological Survey, Report.</em> 5(4): 1-93, plates I-X.
page(s): 87, no figures; note: McIntosh is downgrading his original Dayschone capensis of 1885 to a variety, while adding another specimen from Cape station 93. [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Although the status of McIntosh's (1925) usage of Dasychone argus capensis is not presented well, he appears to be only presenting his 1885 Challenger species Dasychone capensis downgraded to a variety, while adding another specimen from Cape station 93. Hartman catalogue (1959: 540) evidently misinterprets this 1925 usage as the creation of a new variety, and thus the name would be a homonym if raised to a species. The confusion is entirely understandable but McIntosh states that "The " Challenger " procured this form off the Cape in 150 fathoms", and the station locations match. Day (1961: 538) has the correct relationship, with the D. argus var 'capensis' name usage as a synonym of the original Dasychone capensis name. [details]From other sources
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Type locality South Africa [details]
