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Polychaeta taxon detailsThelepus ubebe Lavesque & Hutchings, 2026
1870784 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1870784)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat. (2026). Exploration of the Iziko South African Museum's polychaete collection and description of new species of Spaghetti worms (Annelida, Terebelliformia), part two. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5759(4): 412-432., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5759.4.3
page(s): 427, figures 4F; 13–14; note: Holotype: SAMC-A099329, Umtwalumi Shore Station, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, SW Indian Ocean, -30.488°S, 30.632°E, no depth stated [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype SAMC SAMC-A099329, geounit KwaZulu-Natal
Holotype SAMC SAMC-A099329, geounit KwaZulu-Natal [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Holotype SAMC-A099329, Umtwalumi Shore Station, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, SW Indian Ocean, -30.488°S, 30.632°E, no depth stated [details]
Etymology Thelepus ubebe is named after French rugby club "Union Bordeaux Bègles" (UBB), the best European team in 2025, and which...
Etymology Thelepus ubebe is named after French rugby club "Union Bordeaux Bègles" (UBB), the best European team in 2025, and which has a coach with South African connections. "Ubebe is a noun in apposition formed as an unmodifiable arbitrary sequence of letters" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Thelepus ubebe Lavesque & Hutchings, 2026. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1870784 on 2026-05-12
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original description
Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat. (2026). Exploration of the Iziko South African Museum's polychaete collection and description of new species of Spaghetti worms (Annelida, Terebelliformia), part two. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5759(4): 412-432., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5759.4.3
page(s): 427, figures 4F; 13–14; note: Holotype: SAMC-A099329, Umtwalumi Shore Station, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, SW Indian Ocean, -30.488°S, 30.632°E, no depth stated [details] Available for editors [request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAMC SAMC-A099329, geounit KwaZulu-Natal [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Thelepus ubebe is named after French rugby club "Union Bordeaux Bègles" (UBB), the best European team in 2025, and which has a coach with South African connections. "Ubebe is a noun in apposition formed as an unmodifiable arbitrary sequence of letters" [details]Type locality Holotype SAMC-A099329, Umtwalumi Shore Station, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, SW Indian Ocean, -30.488°S, 30.632°E, no depth stated [details] |