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Name

Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878.

SourceID

49605

Authors

Day, J.H.

Year

1967

Title

A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa

Suffix

British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878

Type

Publication

Link

http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). There are separate entries for vol 1 and for vol 2. Linking taxa to these entries is recommended

Abstract

PREFACE The polychaete fauna of southern Africa is very rich and varied. Over 800 species have already been recorded and there is no doubt that many more await discovery. Unfortunately the records and descriptions of the known species are scattered through more than 50 papers. There is thus an urgent need for a monograph not only as an aid for further taxonomic work but also for the rapid identification of common species for ecological and physiological studies. This monograph covers "southern Africa", here defined as the subcontinent south of the twentieth parallel and extending from the northern parts of South West Africa around the Cape of Good Hope to the port of Beira in Mocambique. For good measure the faunae of .Angola and Madagascar are included too but as these regions are poorly explored it is unlikely that the treatment given here is adequate. The coverage of planktonic species is good for most of the species known from the world oceans have been found in samples as widely distributed as Angola, the southern tip of the Agulhas Bank and Nosy Be in northern Madagascar. The depth range of benthonic species includes shore forms from coasts and estuaries to dredged forms from the edge of the continental shelf In general this is about 200 metres but there are also a few scattered records from greater depths, some exceeding 3000 metres. Undoubtedly many more species remain to be described from these deeper levels of the continental slope. The main purpose of this monograph is to provide an adequate description of all the species of polychaetes known from this area with keys for rapid identification. […]

Geographical term

South Africa

Bibliographical term

Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Notes (25)

Polychaeta (identification resource)

Depth range

for Lysilla ubianensis Caullery, 1944

Intertidal to 16-23 m. [details]

Depth range

for Myrianida pulchella Day, 1953

Intertidal. [details]

Depth range

for Pionosyllis magnidens Day, 1953

Intertidal. [details]

Depth range

for Spermosyllis capensis Day, 1953

Intertidal. [details]

Depth range

for Syllis (Typosyllis) cirropunctata Michel, 1909

Intertidal to shallow water. [details]

Distribution

for Ancistrosyllis parva Day, 1963

South Africa (Cape Province; KwaZuku-Natal Province). [details]

Distribution

for Lysilla pacifica Hessle, 1917

Pacific Ocean: from Japan to New South Wales, along the east coast of Australia, including Philippines and Solomon ... [details]

Distribution

for Myrianida pulchella Day, 1953

South Africa: Western Cape (St. James, False Bay; Cape Agulhas); KwaZulu-Natal (Durban Bay). [details]

Distribution

for Parasclerocheilus capensis Day, 1961

The coordinates of the record from near the mouth of Orange River are as provided in Day (1967). They were provided ... [details]

Distribution

for Pionosyllis magnidens Day, 1953

Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Lambert's Bay and Cape). [details]

Distribution

for Pseudonereis podocirra (Schmarda, 1861)

From Lamberts Bay, in the Western Cape, to Kidds Beach, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Also recorded in ... [details]

Distribution

for Spermosyllis capensis Day, 1953

Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Langebaan Lagoon). Known from a single specimen collected at the type locality. [details]

Distribution

for Syllis (Typosyllis) cirropunctata Michel, 1909

Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea); Mozambique (Indian Ocean). [details]

Editor's comment

for Paraonides lyra capensis (Day, 1955)

Combination (from Paraonis lyra var. capensis Day, 1955) that has appeared in ecological literature, probably ... [details]

Editor's comment

for Pista unibranchia Day, 1963

The records of the species in the European waters seem quite doubtful. Probably they are the result of the use of ... [details]

Etymology

for Myrianida pulchella Day, 1953

The specific epithet pulchella is the feminine of the Latin adjective pulchellus, meaning 'pretty', and refers ... [details]

Habitat

for Myrianida pulchella Day, 1953

Intertidal. Type of sediment not stated in original description. [details]

Habitat

for Pionosyllis magnidens Day, 1953

From algae in tidal pools. [details]

Habitat

for Spermosyllis capensis Day, 1953

Intertidal. Type of sediment not stated in original description. [details]

Synonymy

for Pherecardia lobata Horst, 1886

Hartman catalogue (1959:137) suggested this species was the same as Pherecardia striata, and this was the synonymy ... [details]

Type designation

for Thelepus Leuckart, 1849

According to article 68.2.1 of the ICZN (1999), "The expressions "gen. n., sp. n.", "new genus and species", or an ... [details]

Type locality

for Naiades cantrainii Delle Chiaje, 1830

Not stated in the original description, which is based on an illustration without accompanying text. The ... [details]

Type material

for Myrianida pulchella Day, 1953

Day (1953; 1967) clearly stated that the type specimen was from St. James (Day, 1953: 422), and the type locality "St. ... [details]

Type material

for Syllis nigropharyngea Day, 1951

Day (1951) refers the collection of 2 specimens of Syllis nigropharyngea from Tongaat Beach, and one from Reunion ... [details]

Type species

for Nicolea Malmgren, 1866

Type species Terebella zostericola Örsted, 1844, by subsequent designation in Hartman (1959: 512). Day (1967: 735) ... [details]