Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Day, John H. (1953). The polychaet fauna of South Africa. Part 2. Errant species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(3): 397-441. page(s): 419, fig. 3g-l [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 page(s): 270, fig. 12.9.p-t [details]
Holotype NHMUK, geounit South Africa [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Langebaan Lagoon). Known from a single specimen collected at the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Langebaan Lagoon, the type locality of the species. [details]
Habitat Intertidal. Type of sediment not stated in original description. [details]
Taxonomic remark The genus Spermosyllis Claparède, 1864 is a subjective junior synonym of Exogone Örsted, 1845. The available drawings and descriptions of Spermosyllis capensis seem to confirm that it also belongs to the genus Exogone, but apparently such new combination was not formally published, yet. For this reason, the original combination Spermosyllis capensis is still considered here as 'accepted'. [details]
Type locality Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Langebaan Lagoon (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.15º, long. 18.08º), intertidal. [details]
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