Polychaeta name details
original description
Day, John H. (1953). The polychaet fauna of South Africa. Part 2. Errant species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(3): 397-441. page(s): 420, fig. 4g-l [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 page(s): 32 [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype NHMUK 1961.16.9-11, geounit Cape Agulhas [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Western Cape Province). [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Cape Agulhas, the type locality of the species. [details]
Habitat Intertidal shelly sand. [details]
Taxonomy Status changed. [details]
Type locality Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Cape Agulhas (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.8318º, long. 20.0123º), from intertidal shelly sand. [details]
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