WoRMS taxon details
Spermosyllis capensis Day, 1953
331964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331964)
accepted
Species
Spermosyllis Claparède, 1864 accepted as Exogone Örsted, 1845
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 419, fig. 3g-l [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 419, fig. 3g-l [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NHMUK, geounit South Africa
, Note Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa,...
Holotype NHMUK, geounit South Africa [details]
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Type locality Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Langebaan Lagoon (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.15º, long. 18.08º), intertidal. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Langebaan Lagoon). Known from a single specimen collected at the type locality.
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Langebaan Lagoon, the...
Taxonomic remark The genus Spermosyllis Claparède, 1864 is a subjective junior synonym of Exogone Örsted, 1845. The available drawings and...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Langebaan Lagoon). Known from a single specimen collected at the type locality.
Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Langebaan Lagoon). Known from a single specimen collected at the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Langebaan Lagoon, the...
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Langebaan Lagoon, the type locality of the species. [details]
Taxonomic remark The genus Spermosyllis Claparède, 1864 is a subjective junior synonym of Exogone Örsted, 1845. The available drawings and...
Taxonomic remark The genus Spermosyllis Claparède, 1864 is a subjective junior synonym of Exogone Örsted, 1845. The available drawings and descriptions of Spermosyllis capensis seem to confirm that it also belongs to the genus Exogone, but apparently such new combination was not formally published, yet. For this reason, the original combination Spermosyllis capensis is still considered here as 'accepted'. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spermosyllis capensis Day, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331964 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
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): 419, fig. 3g-l [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 419, fig. 3g-l [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
page(s): 270, fig. 12.9.p-t [details]
page(s): 270, fig. 12.9.p-t [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK, geounit South Africa [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Langebaan Lagoon). Known from a single specimen collected at the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Langebaan Lagoon, the type locality of the species. [details]
Habitat Intertidal. Type of sediment not stated in original description. [details]
Taxonomic remark The genus Spermosyllis Claparède, 1864 is a subjective junior synonym of Exogone Örsted, 1845. The available drawings and descriptions of Spermosyllis capensis seem to confirm that it also belongs to the genus Exogone, but apparently such new combination was not formally published, yet. For this reason, the original combination Spermosyllis capensis is still considered here as 'accepted'. [details]
Type locality Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Langebaan Lagoon (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.15º, long. 18.08º), intertidal. [details]
