WoRMS taxon details
Onuphis landanaensis Augener, 1918
339447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339447)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 339-343, text-fig. XXXVI.a-b, plate V figs. 135-138, plate VI fig. 197; note: Augener spells 'landanaënsis' with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
page(s): 339-343, text-fig. XXXVI.a-b, plate V figs. 135-138, plate VI fig. 197; note: Augener spells 'landanaënsis' with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
Lectotype ZMH V.8674, geounit Benin
, Note coast of Ouidah (historically Whydah), Benin...
Lectotype ZMH V.8674, geounit Benin [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality coast of Ouidah (historically Whydah), Benin (Dahomey), West Africa (lectotype collection site), geolocation a map estimate, 6.3306°, 2.0869° [details]
Type material Lectotype ZMH V.8674 designated from Whydah specimen. Other specimens of Augener syntypes from Nyanga estuary described as a new species by Arias (2016) [details]
Etymology Not stated, but evidently named after one of the West Africa collection sites, Landana in Angola
Etymology Not stated, but evidently named after one of the West Africa collection sites, Landana in Angola [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Onuphis landanaensis Augener, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339447 on 2026-06-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280
page(s): 339-343, text-fig. XXXVI.a-b, plate V figs. 135-138, plate VI fig. 197; note: Augener spells 'landanaënsis' with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
page(s): 339-343, text-fig. XXXVI.a-b, plate V figs. 135-138, plate VI fig. 197; note: Augener spells 'landanaënsis' with a diaeresis on the 'e' [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/
page(s): 415; note: to synonymy under Onuphis emerita Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833 [details]
redescription Arias, Andrés. (2016). <em>Onuphis </em>and <em>Mooreonuphis</em> (Annelida: Onuphidae) from West Africa with the description of three new species and the reinstatement of <em>O. landanaensis</em> Augener, 1918. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4168(3): 481-511., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4168.3.3
page(s): 501; note: re-validation and lectotype designation [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 415; note: to synonymy under Onuphis emerita Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833 [details]
redescription Arias, Andrés. (2016). <em>Onuphis </em>and <em>Mooreonuphis</em> (Annelida: Onuphidae) from West Africa with the description of three new species and the reinstatement of <em>O. landanaensis</em> Augener, 1918. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4168(3): 481-511., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4168.3.3
page(s): 501; note: re-validation and lectotype designation [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype ZMH V.8674, geounit Benin [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated, but evidently named after one of the West Africa collection sites, Landana in Angola [details]Type locality coast of Ouidah (historically Whydah), Benin (Dahomey), West Africa (lectotype collection site), geolocation a map estimate, 6.3306°, 2.0869° [details]
Type material Lectotype ZMH V.8674 designated from Whydah specimen. Other specimens of Augener syntypes from Nyanga estuary described as a new species by Arias (2016) [details]
Unreviewed
Specimen Zoologische Museum, Hamburg [details]
