Polychaeta name details
original description
Day, John H. (1951). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 1. The intertidal and estuarine Polychaeta of Natal and Mosambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(1): 1-67. page(s): 23-24, text-fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
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): 249, fig. 12.3.m-o [details]
source of synonymy
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 page(s): 251 [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1961.1.16.19, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal Province, near Durban. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet nigropharyngea makes reference to the characteristic pharynx with a ring of black pigment towards its posterior end. [details]
Habitat Shore. [details]
Nomenclature In the original description the name of the species also appears incorrectly spelled as Syllis nigrophryngea. [details]
Type locality Western Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal, near Durban, Tongaat Beach (approx. lat. -29.987211, long. 30.963764º) and/or Reunion Rocks (approx. lat. -29.616028º, long. 31.155738º). [details]
Type material Day (1951) refers the collection of 2 specimens of Syllis nigropharyngea from Tongaat Beach, and one from Reunion Rocks, both places in the Indian coast of South Africa, near Durban. A type was not clearly designated, but at the collections of the NHM, London, there is a specimen designated as syntype (NHM 1961.16.19), without stating whether it was collected at Tongaat or Reunion Rocks. Later Day (1967) refers the S. nigropharyngea as being based on a single specimen, which could imply that the specimen deposited at the NHM is the only extant type. [details]From other sources
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
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