WoRMS 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): 392, fig. 2f-h [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Phyllodoce macrophthalma Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm page(s): 84, text-figs. a, b on page 84, plate XXX fig. 234 [details]
basis of record
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 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.13, geounit False Bay (South Africa) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 48 m. [details]
Distribution South Africa: False Bay. [details]
Etymology The species is named after Ludwig Karl Schmarda (b. Olmütz, nowadays Czech Republic, 23 August 23 1819; d. Wien, Austria, 7 April 1908), an Austrian naturalist and traveler. [details]
Habitat Sand and shells, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality False Bay, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean (-34.2083°, 18.6167°), 48 m, khaki sand and shells. [details]
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