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Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology. 10(7): 381-445.
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Day, John H.
1963
The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology
10(7): 381-445
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Recent marine collections by the University of Cape Town have revealed 27 new species of Polychaeta and 32 new records for South Africa. These are described. A new family is erected for the genus Cossura and three new genera are defined. The family Paraonidae is revised and a key to 17 species is drawn up.
South Africa
Systematics, Taxonomy
Artacama proboscidea Malmgren, 1866 (additional source)
Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908 (redescription) Cossuridae Day, 1963 (original description) Isolda pulchella Müller in Grube, 1858 (basis of record) Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869 (additional source) Association Found in burrows in an old Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) shell inhabited by a hermit crab. [details] Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 439): ''This species may be recognised by the presence of pigment granules at the ... [details] Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 400): ''Prostomium with 3 minute antennae and a pair of large pointed palps fused ... [details] Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 403): 'Prostomium with three ovoid frontal antennae. Palps small, ventral, ... [details] Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 404): ''Small Nereidae generally similar to Micronereis but possessing two ... [details] Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 438): ''A single gill with a stalk and a terminal pom-pom of short filaments. ... [details] Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 415): ''Small Oribiniidae belonging to the sub-family Protoariciinae with two ... [details] Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Day (1963: 399): ''A threadlike species with slender dorsal cirri having about 15 long ... [details] Distribution South Africa: off the west coast of Western Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean). [details] Distribution South Africa (Cape Province; KwaZuku-Natal Province). [details] Distribution Cape Province, South Africa (Atlantic and Indian Ocean), and Cape, Angola and Guinea Basins. [details] Distribution South Africa: off the south coast of Eastern and Western Cape provinces (Indian Ocean). [details] Distribution South Africa: off the south coast of Eastern Cape Province (Indian Ocean). [details] Distribution South Africa, south and west coasts of Cape Province (Atlantic and Indian Ocean). [details] Distribution South Africa, off the south coast of Cape Province (Indian Ocean). [details] Distribution South African part of the Indian Ocean: Plettenberg Bay (Western Cape Province). [details] Distribution Off South Africa: Agulhas Bank (Indian Ocean). [details] Distribution South Africa: off Eastern Cape Province (Indian Ocean). [details] Distribution South Africa: off the west coast of Western Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean). [details] Distribution South Africa (Cape Province; KwaZuku-Natal Province). [details] Distribution South Africa: East London (Eastern Cape Province, Indian Ocean). [details] Distribution South Africa: Western and Eastern Cape provinces (Indian and Atlantic Oceans). [details] Distribution South Africa, Cape Province (Atlantic Ocean). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet pauciseta is composed by the Latin adjective pauci, form of paucus and meaning ... [details] Etymology The specific epithet parva (masculine: parvus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'small' or 'little', and refers to the ... [details] Etymology Not stated. The name of the genus Anguillosyllis refers to Anguilla, Latin for eel, but the resemblance is not ... [details] Etymology The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the species, off the Cape Province (South Africa). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet curviseta is composed by the Latin adjective curvi, form of curvus and meaning ... [details] Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet normalis is a Latin adjective meaning 'normal' or 'regular', and refers presumably ... [details] Etymology The name of the genus refers to the resemblance of the type species to a very long Exogone. [details] Etymology The specific epithet refers to the shape of the antennae of the species, short and ovoid, projecting forward from ... [details] Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details] Etymology Not stated. The generic epithet Micronereides is composed by the name of the genus Micronereis Claparède, 1863, ... [details] Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet agulhana refers presumably either to Cape Agulhas (South Africa) or to Agulhas ... [details] Etymology The species is named after Ludwig Karl Schmarda (b. Olmütz, nowadays Czech Republic, 23 August 23 1819; d. Wien, ... [details] Etymology The specific epithet tubicola is a New Latin adjective meaning 'living in tubes' or 'inhabitant of tubes', being ... [details] Etymology Not explicitly stated by the author, the specific epithet africana refers clearly to the type locality of the ... [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet unibranchia is composed by the Latin numeral uni, inflected form of unus and ... [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet maculata (masculine: maculatus) is a Latin participle meaning 'stained' or ... [details] Etymology Not stated. The generic epithet Scoloplella seems to be composed by the name of the genus Scoloplos Blainville, ... [details] Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details] Etymology The specific epithet benguellana refers probably to the location of the type locality in the Benguela Current region. [details] Habitat Rocky and sandy substrates, at shelf depths. [details] Habitat Sandy sediments, sometimes associated with rocks, from subtidal to shelf depths (4-78 m). [details] Habitat In burrows in an old Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) shell inhabited by a hermit crab, dredged at 7 m depth. [details] Homonymy Raised to Lumbrineris atlantica this subspecies would be a junior secondary homonym to Lumbrineris atlantica ... [details] Homonymy Day (1962) noted the name Lumbrineris atlantica was already used by Kinberg 1865. "I therefore propose that [L. ... [details] Type locality Off the west coast of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (33°06.4'S, 17°44.9'E), 146 m, ... [details] Type locality South coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-34.1667°, 23.5333°), 97 m, green mud. [details] Type locality Off the south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°51'S, 23°41'E), 183 m, khaki sand. [details] Type locality Off the south coast of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°51'S, 23°41'E), 183 m, khaki sand. [details] Type locality Off the south coast of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°51'S, 23°41'E), 183 m, khaki sand. [details] Type locality South Africa, Off the south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°48'S, 22°06'E), 100 m, coarse ... [details] Type locality Off the south coast of the Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34º02'S, 23º28.4'E; -34.0333, 23.4733), in ... [details] Type locality Plettenberg Bay, south coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°02'S, 23°28.4'E), 49 m, ... [details] Type locality Agulhas Bank, off south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (36°28.5'S, 21°11'E), 183 m, fine ... [details] Type locality Algoa Bay, south coast of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean, Sta. SCD 156 (34°03'S, 25°59'E); 84 ... [details] Type locality False Bay, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (-34.2083°, 18.6167°), 48 m, khaki sand and shells. [details] Type locality South coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-34.1667°, 23.5333°), 97 m, green mud. [details] Type locality Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-33.9817°, 25.69°). [details] Type locality False Bay, west coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (34°12.5'S, 18°37'E), 48 m, khaki ... [details] Type locality East London, east coast of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (33°01'S, 27°55'E), 7 m, in an old ... [details] |