WoRMS name details
original description
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177 page(s): 422, fig. 9e-k [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.106, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
Nontype, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
Nontype, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 79-183 m. [details]
Distribution South Africa: off the south coast of Eastern and Western Cape provinces (Indian Ocean). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet curviseta is composed by the Latin adjective curvi, form of curvus and meaning 'curved' or 'bent', and the Latin noun seta, alternative form of chaeta and meaning 'bristle', and refers presumably to the shape of the posterior neurochaetae, consisting in a stout shaft narrowing suddenly to a long slender tip, with an abrupt curve or kink at the origin of the slender tip, when seen in lateral view. [details]
Habitat Sand, at shelf depths. [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]
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