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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.
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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
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD). Biostor has extracted pdf: http://biostor.org/reference/111532
From introduction: "… earlier workers recorded 74 species of errant polychaets from below tide-marks. The present paper contains new records, notes or full descriptions of 171 species. 61 of them are species known from the earlier dredgings, 42 are species previously known only from the shore, 34 species are new records for South Africa, 22 are new species and 12 are doubtful species or new varieties."
South Africa
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 Depth range

8-12 m. [details]

 Distribution

South Africa, South Bay.  [details]

 Etymology

The generic name Lamellisyllis refers to the lamellar dorsal cirri typical of the genus.  [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet comans is the Latin word for 'leafy', and refers to the leaf like or foliaceous appendages of ... [details]

 Habitat

Rocks, sand, at shallow water.  [details]

 Spelling

The incorrect spelling of coral (latin corallum, English coral) is striking, but is as the author published it, as ... [details]

 Type locality

South Africa, South Bay (34º9.3'S, 18º51'E).  [details]

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