Polychaeta name details
original description
(of Polymnia capensis McIntosh, 1924) McIntosh, W. C. [as M'Intosh]. (1924). Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. XLVI. 1. The Occurrence of Opercular Development in Mercierella enigmatica, Fauvel, a new British Serpulid. 2. Preliminary Notice of a Second Contribution to the Marine Polychaeta of South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (Series 9) 14(79): 1-52., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222932408633091 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. note: checklist listing [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat. (2025). Exploration of the Iziko South African Museum's collection and description of new species of Spaghetti worms (Annelida, Terebelliformia), part one. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5627(2): 343-359., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5627.2.6 page(s): 347; note: The authors report types could not be found. In the absence of type material and as the description is very brief , they suggest that this species should be considered as nomen dubium [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Lavesque & Hutchings (2025) report types could not be found. In the absence of type material and as the description is very brief , they suggest that Eupolymnia capensis should be considered as nomen dubium [details]
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