WoRMS taxon details
original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1866 [or 1867]). Annulata nova. [Continuatio.]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 23(9): 337-357., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32287795 page(s): 355; note: From Port Natal (=Durban). Brief Latin diagnosis, citing Kinberg's plate 28 in Eugenie expedition reports [but this not pub until 1910 & as plate 29] [details]
taxonomy source
Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 page(s): 610, figures 29.1. f-k; note: as Arenicola loveni loveni, description & figures [details]
taxonomy source
Wells, G. P. 1962. The warm-water lugworms of the world (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 138(3): 331-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb05703.x page(s): 348-351, plates 2, 4; note: long description and discussion. includes the subspecies sudaustraliense [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Day, John H.; Morgans, J.F.C. (1956). The Ecology of South African estuaries. Part 7. The Biology of Durban Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 13(3): 259-312, plate IV. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Kinberg, J.G.H. [Johan Gustaf Hjalmar]. (1910). Annulater [Eugenies Resa]. <em>Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befal af C.A. Virgin aren 1851-1853. Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser pa Konung Oscar den Forstes befallningutgifna af K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien.</em> Zoologi I & VII. pp. 1-78, plates I to XXIX. Uppsala & Stockholm, Almquist and Wicksells Boktryckeri A/B. page(s): 73, plate 29; note: Same short text as 1866, except with the addition of plate 29 [details]
redescription
Ashworth, James Hartley. (1911). The Arenicolidae of South Africa, including an account of <i>Arenicola loveni</i> Kinberg. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 11(1): 1-27, plate I., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1521906 note: redescription from the type [details]
ecology source
Simon, Carol; Kara, J.; Naidoo, C.; Matthee, C. (2020). Genetic structure of bloodworm, Arenicola loveni (Annelida; Arenicolidae) suggests risk of local extinction in the face of overexploitation is lower than expected. <em>African Zoology.</em> Efirst (unassigned to volume): 1-9., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2020.1723440 [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology Heavily exploited by humans by harvesting for fishing bait, with a daily bag limit of five bloodworm (lugworm) per permit holder, unchanged since the 1970s [details]
Type locality Port Natal, Durban, South Africa [details]Unreviewed
Specimen Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm [details]
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English |
bloodworm (local usage in South Africa for Arenicola loveni, although lugworm is the worldwide English vernacular for genus Arenicola) |
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