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Polychaeta taxon details

Lamellisyllis comans Day, 1960

328603  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328603)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, J.H. 1960. The Polychaet [sic] fauna of South Africa. Part 5. Errant species dredged off Cape coasts. Annals of the South African Museum, 45(3): 261-373., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866345
page(s): 319-320, fig. 7f-i [details]   
Holotype  SAMC A20924, geounit South Africa  
Holotype SAMC A20924, geounit South Africa [details]
Note South Africa, South Bay (34º9.3'S, 18º51'E).   
From editor or global species database
Type locality South Africa, South Bay (34º9.3'S, 18º51'E).  [details]
Depth range 8-12 m.  
Depth range 8-12 m. [details]

Distribution South Africa, South Bay.   
Distribution South Africa, South Bay.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet comans is the Latin word for 'leafy', and refers to the leaf like or foliaceous appendages of the...  
Etymology The specific epithet comans is the Latin word for 'leafy', and refers to the leaf like or foliaceous appendages of the species.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Lamellisyllis comans Day, 1960. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328603 on 2024-04-24
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Day, J.H. 1960. The Polychaet [sic] fauna of South Africa. Part 5. Errant species dredged off Cape coasts. Annals of the South African Museum, 45(3): 261-373., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866345
page(s): 319-320, fig. 7f-i [details]   

redescription Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X
page(s): 46, fig. 7 (record repeated) [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype SAMC A20924, geounit South Africa [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 8-12 m. [details]

Distribution South Africa, South Bay.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet comans is the Latin word for 'leafy', and refers to the leaf like or foliaceous appendages of the species.  [details]

Habitat Rocks, sand, at shallow water.  [details]

Specimen Known only from the holotype. [details]

Type locality South Africa, South Bay (34º9.3'S, 18º51'E).  [details]