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WoRMS taxon detailsMagelona capensis Day, 1961
329128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329128)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Day, John Hemsworth. (1961). The Polychaet [sic] Fauna of South Africa. Part 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coasts with a few new records from the shore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 44(299): 463-560., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1961.tb01623.x
page(s): 495-496, fig. 6a-h [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype SAMC SCD.128L now SAMC-A20897, geounit South...
Holotype SAMC SCD.128L now SAMC-A20897, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Holotype specimen SCD.128L dredged on the Agulhas Bank, 34" 37' S/21° 56' E, depth 86 metres, bottom khaki sand [details]
Etymology Not stated, but 'capensis' is a standard adjectival species-group name for species from off the southern tip of South Africa.
Etymology Not stated, but 'capensis' is a standard adjectival species-group name for species from off the southern tip of South Africa. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona capensis Day, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329128 on 2024-06-10
Date action by
original description
Day, John Hemsworth. (1961). The Polychaet [sic] Fauna of South Africa. Part 6. Sedentary species dredged off Cape coasts with a few new records from the shore. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 44(299): 463-560., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1961.tb01623.x
page(s): 495-496, fig. 6a-h [details] Available for editors [request] redescription Mortimer, Kate; Clarke, Dylan T. (2024). Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species. <em>African Zoology.</em> efirst: 1-28., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2024.2311085 page(s): 5 of 29, figures 2-4; note: holotype re-description and two records in the Western Cape, South Africa (off Plettenberg Bay and Gouritz, SCD Stn 128 and Stn 187, respectively), within the Agulhas inshore ecozone. [details] Available for editors [request]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAMC SCD.128L now SAMC-A20897, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but 'capensis' is a standard adjectival species-group name for species from off the southern tip of South Africa. [details]Identification According to Mortimer & Clarke (2024) the majority of material identified by Day as M. capensis, apart from the holotype, actually belongs to a further smaller species which they describe as Magelona ekapa Mortimer & Clarke [details] Type locality Holotype specimen SCD.128L dredged on the Agulhas Bank, 34" 37' S/21° 56' E, depth 86 metres, bottom khaki sand [details] |
