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Polychaeta taxon details

Eunice afra Peters, 1854

209828 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209828)

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  1. Subspecies Eunice afra afra Peters, 1855
  2. Subspecies Eunice afra paupera Grube
  3. Subspecies Eunice afra punctata Peters, 1854 accepted as Eunice petersi Fauchald, 1992 (superseded as subspecies, renamed homonym as full species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Peters, Wilhelm C.H. (1854). Über die Gattung <i>Bdella</i>, Savigny, (<i>Limnatis</i>, Moquin-Tandon) und die in Mossambique beobachteten Anneliden, wovon hier eine Mittheilung folgt [informal title in meeting report]. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1854: 607-614., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068511
page(s): 611 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Indian Ocean, Mozambique  
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, Mozambique [details]
Description distribution:Pacific Ocean, Philippine Islands , Malaya Seas, Indian Ocean, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Red Sea(Fauvel, 1953).  
Description distribution:Pacific Ocean, Philippine Islands , Malaya Seas, Indian Ocean, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Red Sea(Fauvel, 1953). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice afra Peters, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209828 on 2026-06-26
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1998-07-15 06:27:44Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Peters, Wilhelm C.H. (1854). Über die Gattung <i>Bdella</i>, Savigny, (<i>Limnatis</i>, Moquin-Tandon) und die in Mossambique beobachteten Anneliden, wovon hier eine Mittheilung folgt [informal title in meeting report]. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1854: 607-614., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068511
page(s): 611 [no figures] [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details] 

basis of record Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 10(2): 113-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354828 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous Annelids. Part V. Eunicea. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(1): 1-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4679950
page(s): 110-11, plate 6 figs. 135-139 [details] 

additional source de Silva, P H D H. (1961). Contributions to the Knowledge of the Polychaete fauna of Ceylon. Part I. Five new species, two new varieties and several new records principally from the southern coast. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 29(2): 164-194.
page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Miura, Tomoyuki. (1979). Eunicid polychaetous annelids from Japan — III. <em>La Mer (Bulletin de la Société Franco-Japonaise d'Océanographie).</em> 17(1): 33-42., available online at http://www.sfjo-lamer.org/la_mer/17-1/miura.pdf
page(s): 33-35, fig. 1a-n [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 66-67 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy Fauvel, P. 1930. [Untitled]. In: Pruvot, G.: Annélides Polychètes de Nouvelle-Caledonie recueillies par M. Francois, avec une introduction et des notes de Pierre Fauvel. Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale, 70: 1-94. [details] 

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523 [details] 

redescription Fauchald, K. (1992). A review of the genus <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 523: 1-422., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.523 [details] 
 
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Unreviewed
Description distribution:Pacific Ocean, Philippine Islands , Malaya Seas, Indian Ocean, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Red Sea(Fauvel, 1953). [details]

Type locality Indian Ocean, Mozambique [details]
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