World Polychaeta Database - Diopatra cuprea africana Kirkegaard, 1988

WoRMS taxon details

Diopatra cuprea africana Kirkegaard, 1988

AphiaID

335416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335416)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Diopatra cuprea (Bosc, 1802)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1988). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part II. Errant Species. 2. Nephtyidae to Dorvilleidae. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 14: 7-89. [details]

Type data

Note Atlantic Ocean, off western Africa

Unreviewed

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off western Africa [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Diopatra cuprea africana Kirkegaard, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335416 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 14:53:29Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1988). The Polychaeta of West Africa Part II. Errant Species. 2. Nephtyidae to Dorvilleidae. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 14: 7-89. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Specimen Zoological Museum, Copenhagen [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, off western Africa [details]

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