WoRMS name details
Lepidonotus platycirrus Day, 1951
338937 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338937)
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 Port St Johns
, Note Indian Ocean, Port St.Johns, South Africa
type locality contained in Port St Johns [details]
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Type locality Indian Ocean, Port St.Johns, South Africa [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidonotus platycirrus Day, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338937 on 2026-03-01
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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]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
