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Polychaeta taxon detailsExogonoides antennata Day, 1963
328002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328002)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 403-404, fig. 5j-n [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.34, geounit South African part...
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.34, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Off the south coast of the Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34º02'S, 23º28.4'E; -34.0333, 23.4733), in 49 m on sand, mud and rock. [details]
Type material According to Aguado & San Martín (2008: 54) the holotype (BM 1963.1.34) and the paratype (BM 1963.1.35) could represent two fragments of the same specimen, with the holotype being the anterior fragment and the paratype the posterior one. According to the same authors, the segment at which the holotype is fragmented coincides with the first segment of the paratype. [details]
Depth range 49 m.
Depth range 49 m. [details] Distribution South Africa, off the south coast of Cape Province (Indian Ocean).
Distribution South Africa, off the south coast of Cape Province (Indian Ocean). [details] Etymology The specific epithet refers to the shape of the antennae of the species, short and ovoid, projecting forward from the...
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the shape of the antennae of the species, short and ovoid, projecting forward from the anterior end of the prostomium. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Exogonoides antennata Day, 1963. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328002 on 2026-07-19
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original description
Day, John H. (1963). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 8: New species and records from grab samples and dredgings. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Series Zoology.</em> 10(7): 381-445., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2253177
page(s): 403-404, fig. 5j-n [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]redescription Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X page(s): 52-54, fig. 11 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.34, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1963.1.35, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 49 m. [details]Distribution South Africa, off the south coast of Cape Province (Indian Ocean). [details] Etymology The specific epithet refers to the shape of the antennae of the species, short and ovoid, projecting forward from the anterior end of the prostomium. [details] Habitat On sand, mud and rock. [details] Type locality Off the south coast of the Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34º02'S, 23º28.4'E; -34.0333, 23.4733), in 49 m on sand, mud and rock. [details] Type material According to Aguado & San Martín (2008: 54) the holotype (BM 1963.1.34) and the paratype (BM 1963.1.35) could represent two fragments of the same specimen, with the holotype being the anterior fragment and the paratype the posterior one. According to the same authors, the segment at which the holotype is fragmented coincides with the first segment of the paratype. [details] |
