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WoRMS name detailsNereis (Neanthes) mossambica Day, 1957
329585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329585)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine,
recent only
Day, John H. (1957). The Polychaet Fauna of South Africa. Part 4. New species and records from Natal and Moçambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14(1): 59-129.
page(s): 78-80, fig. 3e-k [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.22, geounit Morrumbene Estuary
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.22, geounit Morrumbene Estuary [details] type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Morrumbene Estuary, Mozambique, Indian Ocean, gazetteer location -23.6856, 35.3836 [details]
Etymology Not stated, but Nereis (Neanthes) mossambica was evidently named for the country of collection, Mozambique. Although at the...
Etymology Not stated, but Nereis (Neanthes) mossambica was evidently named for the country of collection, Mozambique. Although at the time Day used the spelling "Mocambique" with a cedilla for mentions of the country in his text, in taxonomy 'mossambica' is a commonly used Latinization for the country name. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereis (Neanthes) mossambica Day, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329585 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Day, John H. (1957). The Polychaet Fauna of South Africa. Part 4. New species and records from Natal and Moçambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14(1): 59-129. page(s): 78-80, fig. 3e-k [details] Available for editors [request]Otheradditional source
Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 318-320, 14.8.g-k [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.22, geounit Morrumbene Estuary [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but Nereis (Neanthes) mossambica was evidently named for the country of collection, Mozambique. Although at the time Day used the spelling "Mocambique" with a cedilla for mentions of the country in his text, in taxonomy 'mossambica' is a commonly used Latinization for the country name. [details]Type designation Day had two specimens from Morrumbene Estuary. He clearly designates one as holotype ("The larger which measures 35 mm. for 66 segments, is designated the holotype." According to Villalobos-Guerrero et al (2021) this specimen is NHMUK 1961.16.22 at the Natural History Museum London, and the other is SAM-A-20984 in the South African Museum. [details] Type locality Morrumbene Estuary, Mozambique, Indian Ocean, gazetteer location -23.6856, 35.3836 [details] |
