WoRMS taxon details
Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855
336422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336422)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499 [details] 
Note South Africa
Type locality South Africa [details]
Taxonomy Nishi records a specimen collected from an unknown location on the South African coast as C. capensis. He makes no comment...
Taxonomy Nishi records a specimen collected from an unknown location on the South African coast as C. capensis. He makes no comment on the original description or types. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336422 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499 [details]
source of synonymy Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 522, 529; note: recorded as Chaetopterus variopedatus [details]
status source Nishi, Eijiroh. 2001. Partial revision of Japanese Chaetopterus (Chaetopteridae: Polychaeta), including description of three new species from southern Pacific side of central Japan. Actinia. Bulletin of the Manazuru Marine Laboratory for Science Education, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University 14: 1-26, available online at http://jairo.nii.ac.jp/0009/00001027/en
page(s): 21 [details]
source of synonymy Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 522, 529; note: recorded as Chaetopterus variopedatus [details]
status source Nishi, Eijiroh. 2001. Partial revision of Japanese Chaetopterus (Chaetopteridae: Polychaeta), including description of three new species from southern Pacific side of central Japan. Actinia. Bulletin of the Manazuru Marine Laboratory for Science Education, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University 14: 1-26, available online at http://jairo.nii.ac.jp/0009/00001027/en
page(s): 21 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
