WoRMS taxon details
Magelona ekapa Mortimer & Clarke, 2024
1749546 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1749546)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mortimer, Kate; Clarke, Dylan T. (2024). Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species. <em>African Zoology.</em> efirst: 1-28., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2024.2311085
page(s): 10, figures 5-7; note: Western Cape, off Saldanha Bay, 33°06.7ʹ S, 17°54.8ʹ E, grab, sandy mud, 68 m [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 10, figures 5-7; note: Western Cape, off Saldanha Bay, 33°06.7ʹ S, 17°54.8ʹ E, grab, sandy mud, 68 m [details] Available for editors
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Holotype SAMC SAMC-A069899, geounit Western Cape Province
, Note Western Cape, off Saldanha Bay, -33.1117,...
Holotype SAMC SAMC-A069899, geounit Western Cape Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Western Cape, off Saldanha Bay, -33.1117, 17.9133, (33°06.7ʹ S, 17°54.8ʹ E), grab, sandy mud, 68 m [details]
Etymology Authors: Magelona ekapa is named "from the Xhosa word eKapa, meaning ‘coming from the Cape’, referring to the type...
Etymology Authors: Magelona ekapa is named "from the Xhosa word eKapa, meaning ‘coming from the Cape’, referring to the type locality in the Western Cape." As an unaltered noun, 'ekapa' must be a noun in apposition. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Magelona ekapa Mortimer & Clarke, 2024. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1749546 on 2024-06-16
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Mortimer, Kate; Clarke, Dylan T. (2024). Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species. <em>African Zoology.</em> efirst: 1-28., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15627020.2024.2311085
page(s): 10, figures 5-7; note: Western Cape, off Saldanha Bay, 33°06.7ʹ S, 17°54.8ʹ E, grab, sandy mud, 68 m [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 10, figures 5-7; note: Western Cape, off Saldanha Bay, 33°06.7ʹ S, 17°54.8ʹ E, grab, sandy mud, 68 m [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype SAMC SAMC-A069899, geounit Western Cape Province [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Authors: Magelona ekapa is named "from the Xhosa word eKapa, meaning ‘coming from the Cape’, referring to the type locality in the Western Cape." As an unaltered noun, 'ekapa' must be a noun in apposition. [details]Type locality Western Cape, off Saldanha Bay, -33.1117, 17.9133, (33°06.7ʹ S, 17°54.8ʹ E), grab, sandy mud, 68 m [details]
