WoRMS name details
Melinnopsis capensis Day, 1955
336187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336187)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 [details]
Note South Africa
Unreviewed
Type locality South Africa [details]
Taxonomy Original genus name pre-occupied
Taxonomy Original genus name pre-occupied [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Melinnopsis capensis Day, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336187 on 2025-05-30
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Nomenclature
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 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Day, John H. (1964). A review of the family Ampharetidae (Polychaeta. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 48(4): 97-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40722718 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
