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Polychaeta name details

Syllis nigropharyngea Day, 1951

238696  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238696)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
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.
page(s): 23-24, text-fig. 4a-d [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note Western Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Western Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal, near Durban, Tongaat Beach (approx. lat. -29.987211, long. 30.963764º) and/or Reunion Rocks (approx. lat. -29.616028º, long. 31.155738º).  [details]
Type material Day (1951) refers the collection of 2 specimens of Syllis nigropharyngea from Tongaat Beach, and one from Reunion Rocks, both places in the Indian coast of South Africa, near Durban. A type was not clearly designated, but at the collections of the NHM, London, there is a specimen designated as syntype (NHM 1961.16.19), without stating whether it was collected at Tongaat or Reunion Rocks. Later Day (1967) refers the S. nigropharyngea as being based on a single specimen, which could imply that the specimen deposited at the NHM is the only extant type.  [details]
Depth range Intertidal.   
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal Province, near Durban.   
Distribution Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal Province, near Durban.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet nigropharyngea makes reference to the characteristic pharynx with a ring of black pigment towards its...  
Etymology The specific epithet nigropharyngea makes reference to the characteristic pharynx with a ring of black pigment towards its posterior end.  [details]

Nomenclature In the original description the name of the species also appears incorrectly spelled as Syllis nigrophryngea.   
Nomenclature In the original description the name of the species also appears incorrectly spelled as Syllis nigrophryngea.  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Syllis nigropharyngea Day, 1951. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238696 on 2024-04-16
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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.
page(s): 23-24, text-fig. 4a-d [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source 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): 249, fig. 12.3.m-o [details]   

source of synonymy Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
page(s): 251 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype NHMUK 1961.1.16.19, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal Province, near Durban.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet nigropharyngea makes reference to the characteristic pharynx with a ring of black pigment towards its posterior end.  [details]

Habitat Shore.  [details]

Nomenclature In the original description the name of the species also appears incorrectly spelled as Syllis nigrophryngea.  [details]

Type locality Western Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal, near Durban, Tongaat Beach (approx. lat. -29.987211, long. 30.963764º) and/or Reunion Rocks (approx. lat. -29.616028º, long. 31.155738º).  [details]

Type material Day (1951) refers the collection of 2 specimens of Syllis nigropharyngea from Tongaat Beach, and one from Reunion Rocks, both places in the Indian coast of South Africa, near Durban. A type was not clearly designated, but at the collections of the NHM, London, there is a specimen designated as syntype (NHM 1961.16.19), without stating whether it was collected at Tongaat or Reunion Rocks. Later Day (1967) refers the S. nigropharyngea as being based on a single specimen, which could imply that the specimen deposited at the NHM is the only extant type.  [details]

From other sources
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]