Pectinaria capensis (Pallas, 1766) 
AphiaID: 209909

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Terebellomorpha (Suborder) > Pectinariidae (Family) > Pectinaria (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Pectinaria Savigny, 1818
Synonymised taxa		Nereis cylindraria capensis Pallas, 1766 (objective synonym) Sabella capensis Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 Sabella chrysodon Linnaeus, 1767 (subjective synonym) Sabella indica Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 (subjective synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Day, J.H. 1967. A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Volume British Museum (Natural History) Publication 656. 1-878. British Museum (Natural History). London., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596  [details] basis of record: Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp. [details] basis of record: Nilsson, David 1928. Neue und alte Amphicteniden. Göteborgs Königlich vetenskaps- och vitterhetssamhälles handlingar, Ser. 4, 33: 1-96. [details] basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] from synonym: Augener, H. 1933. Polychaeten und Hirudineen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Buitenzorg. Treubia, 14(2): 173-206. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de. 1818. [USE FOR POLYCHAETA = Vol. 5. Annelides of ...] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l`Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie] Paris, Deterville, 612 pp, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12712 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1788). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Cura J.F. Gmelin. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae 1(5-6):2225-3910. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Pallas P.S. (1766). Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=cTQVAAAAQAAJ [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Red Sea (not certain) [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209909
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-09-01 14:43:33Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian
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		Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Pectinaria capensis (Pallas, 1766). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209909 on 2013-05-18