WoRMS name details
Thelepus setosus africana Day, 1951
341061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341061)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Subspecies
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
type locality contained in KwaZulu-Natal [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, Natal [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. Thelepus setosus africana Day, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341061 on 2026-03-11
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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
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 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
