Polychaeta taxon details
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): 404-406, fig. 6a-e [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
redescription
Banse, Karl. (1977). Gymnonereidinae new subfamily: the Nereididae (Polychaeta) with bifid parapodial neurocirri. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 11(6): 609-628., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937700770541 page(s): 624-625, fig. 4a-e [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.60, geounit Agulhas Bank [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 183 m. [details]
Distribution Off South Africa: Agulhas Bank (Indian Ocean). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Habitat Fine sand, at shelf depths. [details]
Reproduction ''The only existing specimen seems to be mature because of a few aggregations which occur in median parapodia and are too irregularly distributed to be parapodial glands; they are probably sperm rather than eggs'' (Banse, 1977: 624). [details]
Type locality Agulhas Bank, off south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (36°28.5'S, 21°11'E), 183 m, fine khaki sand. [details]
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