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Polychaeta name details

Eupolymnia capensis (McIntosh, 1924)

333394  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333394)

uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Polymnia capensis McIntosh, 1924 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in South Africa  
type locality contained in South Africa [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status Lavesque & Hutchings (2025) report types could not be found. In the absence of type material and as the description is very...  
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]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eupolymnia capensis (McIntosh, 1924). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333394 on 2025-10-09
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2025-04-29 08:57:34Z
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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  PDF available [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  PDF available [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] 
 
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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]