World Polychaeta Database - Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855

Polychaeta taxon details

Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855

AphiaID

336422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:336422)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830

Original name

Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499 [details]

Type data

Note South Africa

Type locality South Africa [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Nishi records a specimen collected from an unknown location on the South African coast as C. capensis. He makes no comment...

Taxonomy Nishi records a specimen collected from an unknown location on the South African coast as C. capensis. He makes no comment on the original description or types. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=336422 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-18 12:55:09Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-20 06:44:16Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2012-07-09 22:25:23Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2021-01-18 00:56:22Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

[taxonomic tree]

original description Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499 [details]

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
page(s): 522, 529; note: recorded as Chaetopterus variopedatus [details]

status source Nishi, Eijiroh. 2001. Partial revision of Japanese Chaetopterus (Chaetopteridae: Polychaeta), including description of three new species from southern Pacific side of central Japan. Actinia. Bulletin of the Manazuru Marine Laboratory for Science Education, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University 14: 1-26, available online at http://jairo.nii.ac.jp/0009/00001027/en
page(s): 21 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Taxonomy Nishi records a specimen collected from an unknown location on the South African coast as C. capensis. He makes no comment on the original description or types. [details]

Unreviewed

Type locality South Africa [details]

Definitions