WoRMS taxon details
Dispio magna (Day, 1955)
332759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332759)
accepted
Species
Spio magnus Day, 1955 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spio magnus Day, 1955) Day, J. H. (1955). The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 42(287): 407-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02216.x
page(s): 413, fig. 2a-g [details]
page(s): 413, fig. 2a-g [details]
Type locality contained in South Africa
type locality contained in South Africa [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Atlantic coast of South Africa (Simonstown, Western Cape Province).
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Atlantic coast of South Africa (Simonstown, Western Cape Province).
Distribution Atlantic coast of South Africa (Simonstown, Western Cape Province). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Dispio magna (Day, 1955). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332759 on 2026-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spio magnus Day, 1955) Day, J. H. (1955). The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 42(287): 407-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02216.x
page(s): 413, fig. 2a-g [details]
basis of record 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): 482, fig. 18.6.p-t [details]
page(s): 413, fig. 2a-g [details]
basis of record 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): 482, fig. 18.6.p-t [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Spio magnus Day, 1955) NHMUK 1961.16.59-60, geounit Simon's Town [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Atlantic coast of South Africa (Simonstown, Western Cape Province). [details]
Habitat Intertidal sea shore. [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Greece (Nation) : Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]
