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WoRMS name detailsEunice afra punctata Peters, 1854
224016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224016)
unaccepted (superseded as subspecies, renamed homonym as full species)
Subspecies
marine,
recent only
Not documented
Type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, Mozambique [details]
Taxonomy Day (1957) placed E. punctata Peters as subspecies of E. afra Peters, but Fauchald (1992) gave E. punctata Peters a new...
Taxonomy Day (1957) placed E. punctata Peters as subspecies of E. afra Peters, but Fauchald (1992) gave E. punctata Peters a new name, E. petersi, as it is a junior secondary homonym to E. punctata (Risso), and treated it as valid at species rank. [details] Distribution Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). Habitat: rock (Kalk, 1959).
Distribution Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). Habitat: rock (Kalk, 1959). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eunice afra punctata Peters, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224016 on 2025-04-24
Date action by 2000-09-28 07:24:50Z changed Garcia, Maria
Taxonomy Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Day (1957) placed E. punctata Peters as subspecies of E. afra Peters, but Fauchald (1992) gave E. punctata Peters a new name, E. petersi, as it is a junior secondary homonym to E. punctata (Risso), and treated it as valid at species rank. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).Habitat: rock (Kalk, 1959). [details] Type locality Indian Ocean, Mozambique [details] |
