Polychaeta name 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): 417 [details]
source of synonymy
Strelzov, V.E. (1973). МНОГОЩЕТИНКОВЫЕ ЧЕРВИ семейства Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 [Polychaete worms of the family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909 (Polychaeta, Sedentaria)]. Akademia Nauk. Moscow. 1-170., available online at http://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/streltsov1973_paraonidae.pdf page(s): 114-116, figs. 15.4, 48; note: with Cirrophorus neapolitanus (Cerruti, 1909) [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype NHMUK 1961.16.37.45, geounit Knysna Estuary [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Indian coast of South Africa: Knysna Estuary (Western Cape Province). [details]
Etymology Not stated, but the subspecific epithet refers presumably to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Habitat Surface of sandy mud, near the low-tide mark. [details]
Synonymy The subspecies was synonymised with Cirrophorus neapolitanus (Cerruti, 1909) by Strelzov (1973: 114-116), but the synonymy was not accepted by subsequent authors. [details]
Type locality Knysna Estuary, Western Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (gazetteer estimate -34.072°, 23.059°), intertidal, near the low-tide mark, surface of sandy mud. [details]
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