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Polychaeta name detailsScolaricia capensis Day, 1961
331715 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331715)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Scolaricia Eisig, 1914 accepted as Scoloplos Blainville, 1828
marine,
recent only
Day, John Hemsworth. (1961). The Polychaet [sic] Fauna of South Africa. Part 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coasts with a few new records from the shore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 44(299): 463-560., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1961.tb01623.x
page(s): 480, fig. 1 p-s [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype SAMC, geounit Agulhas Bank
Holotype SAMC, geounit Agulhas Bank [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Agulhas Bank, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-34.37°, 21.56°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal (Bay of Bengal) to 86 m (Agulhas Bank).
Depth range Intertidal (Bay of Bengal) to 86 m (Agulhas Bank). [details] Distribution Indian Ocean: Agulhas Bank (South Africa); Bay of Bengal (Andhra Pradesh, India).
Distribution Indian Ocean: Agulhas Bank (South Africa); Bay of Bengal (Andhra Pradesh, India). [details] Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet capensis refers presumably to the Cape Province (South...
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet capensis refers presumably to the Cape Province (South Africa), off which the Agulhas Bank is located. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scolaricia capensis Day, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331715 on 2026-05-14
Date action by
original description
Day, John Hemsworth. (1961). The Polychaet [sic] Fauna of South Africa. Part 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coasts with a few new records from the shore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 44(299): 463-560., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1961.tb01623.x
page(s): 480, fig. 1 p-s [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Raman, Akkur Vasudevan; Ganapati, Ponani Narayana. (1977). Occurrence of <i>Scolaricia capensis</i> Day, 1961 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) off the east coast of India, Bay of Bengal. <em>Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences.</em> 6(2): 185-186., available online at http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39399 page(s): 185-186 [details] Available for editors [request]new combination reference Taylor, John L. (1984). Family Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). <i>Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091.</i> Volume 1. Chapter Pagination: 1-1 to 1-38. Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://www.data.boem.gov/PI/PDFImages/ESPIS/3/3864.pdf page(s): 1-37, figs. 1-35, 1-36a-e; note: as Scoloplos capensis [details] new combination reference Day, John H. (1973). New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. <em>NOAA Technical Reports, Ser. National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars.</em> 375: 1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.62852 page(s): 88; note: as Scoloplos (Scoloplos) capensis [details] Available for editors [request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAMC, geounit Agulhas Bank [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal (Bay of Bengal) to 86 m (Agulhas Bank). [details]Distribution Indian Ocean: Agulhas Bank (South Africa); Bay of Bengal (Andhra Pradesh, India). [details] Etymology Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet capensis refers presumably to the Cape Province (South Africa), off which the Agulhas Bank is located. [details] Habitat Sand at shelf depths (Agulhas Bank), and intertidal sandy mud (Bay of Bengal). [details] Type locality Agulhas Bank, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-34.37°, 21.56°). [details] |
