WoRMS name details
Onuphis quinquedens Day, 1951
330151 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330151)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal
, Note Indian Ocean, Natal, South Africa
type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Natal, South Africa [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Onuphis quinquedens Day, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330151 on 2026-02-28
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Nomenclature
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Paxton, Hannelore. (1986). Generic revision and relationships of the family Onuphidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(1): 1-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.175
page(s): 60 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 60 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, Natal, South Africa [details]
