Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Day, J. H. (1955). The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 42(287): 407-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02216.x page(s): 422-423, fig. 3h-l [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.73-74, geounit Knysna Estuary [details]
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Indian shores of South Africa: Eastern and Western Cape provinces (Bushman`s Estuary; Zwartkops Estuary; Knysna Estuary). [details]
Etymology Not stated, but the species is presumably named after the French zoologist and polychaetologist Dr. Pierre Louis André Fauvel (b. Cherbourg, France, 8 October 1866 - d. Angers, France, 12 December 1958), who had described the species previously as Notomastus giganteus (Moore, 1906). [details]
Habitat Intertidal sandy mud, in estuarine environments. [details]
Nomenclature The original spelling of the specific epithet is fauvelii, with a final 'ii', instead of fauveli, and according to article 33.4 of the ICZN (1999) it must be maintained. [details]
Type locality Knysna Estuary, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (gazetteer estimate -34.072°, 23.059°), intertidal, sandy mud. [details]
Type material ''The type material, which was collected from sandy mud in Knysna Estuary, consists of two specimens. The holotype is in two pieces; an anterior piece of 30 segments measuring 30 mm., and a breadth of 4 mm. at the 6th segment and a posterior piece of 70 segments measuring 36 mm. The co-type is complete and measures 90 mm. with 80 segments and is 2 mm. broad across the thorax. Both specimens are brown in spirit.'' (Day, 1955: 422). [details]
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