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Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878.
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Day, J.H.
1967
A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa
British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). There are separate entries for vol 1 and for vol 2. Linking taxa to these entries is recommended
PREFACE
The polychaete fauna of southern Africa is very rich and varied. Over 800 species have already been recorded and there is no doubt that many more await discovery. Unfortunately the records and descriptions of the known species are scattered through more than 50 papers. There is thus an urgent need for a monograph not only as an aid for further taxonomic work but also for the rapid identification of common species for ecological and physiological studies.
This monograph covers "southern Africa", here defined as the subcontinent south of the twentieth parallel and extending from the northern parts of South West Africa around the Cape of Good Hope to the port of Beira in Mocambique. For good measure the faunae of .Angola and Madagascar are included too but as these regions are poorly explored it is unlikely that the treatment given here is adequate. The coverage of planktonic species is good for most of the species known from the world oceans have been found in samples as widely distributed as Angola, the southern tip of the Agulhas Bank and Nosy Be in northern Madagascar. The depth range of benthonic species includes shore forms from coasts and estuaries to dredged forms from the edge of the continental shelf In general this is about 200 metres but there are also a few scattered records from greater depths, some exceeding 3000 metres. Undoubtedly many more species remain to be described from these deeper levels of the continental slope.
The main purpose of this monograph is to provide an adequate description of all the species of polychaetes known from this area with keys for rapid identification. […]
South Africa
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Acholoe squamosa (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (additional source)
Ampharete agulhasensis (Day, 1961) (basis of record) Ampharete capensis (Day, 1961) (basis of record) Arabella iricolor caerulea (Schmarda, 1861) (basis of record) Artacama proboscidea Malmgren, 1866 (additional source) Chaetopterus capensis Stimpson, 1855 (source of synonymy) Chaetopterus variopedatus (Renier, 1804) (additional source) Chloeia flava (Pallas, 1766) (additional source) Chloeia inermis Quatrefages, 1866 (additional source) Cirriformia afer (Ehlers, 1908) (basis of record) Cirriformia capensis (Schmarda, 1861) (basis of record) Cirriformia tentaculata (Montagu, 1808) (additional source) Diopatra cuprea punctifera Ehlers, 1908 (basis of record) Dispio magna (Day, 1955) (basis of record) Dorvillea gardineri (Crossland, 1924) (source of synonymy) Eulalia capensis Schmarda, 1861 (source of synonymy) Eunoe nodulosa Day, 1967 (original description) Euphrosine capensis Kinberg, 1857 (additional source) Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source) Euthalenessa oculata (Peters, 1854) (additional source) Flabelligera affinis M. Sars, 1829 (additional source) Glycera africana Arwidsson, 1899 (source of synonymy) Glycera benguellana Augener, 1931 (basis of record) Glycera convoluta Keferstein, 1862 accepted as Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861 (additional source) Glycera prashadi Fauvel, 1932 accepted as Glycera cinnamomea Grube, 1874 (additional source) Glycera unicornis Lamarck, 1818 (additional source) Glyphanostomum abyssale Day, 1967 (original description) Hololepida australis Monro, 1936 (new combination reference) Hyboscolex longiseta Schmarda, 1861 (additional source) Jasmineira analis Ehlers, 1908 (basis of record) Lagis neapolitana (Claparède, 1869) (source of synonymy) Leiochone tenuis Day, 1957 (source of synonymy) Leonnates persica Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 accepted as Leonnates persicus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 (additional source) Lepidonotus australis (Schmarda, 1861) (basis of record) Lepidonotus natalensis Day, 1951 (status source) Lepidonotus tenuisetosus (Gravier, 1902) (additional source) Lumbrineris magalhaensis Kinberg, 1865 (additional source) Lysidice natalensis Kinberg, 1865 (basis of record) Marphysa capensis (Schmarda, 1861) (basis of record) Marphysa durbanensis Day, 1934 (additional source) Marphysa macintoshi Crossland, 1903 (additional source) Marphysa simplex (Langerhans, 1884) (source of synonymy) Maupasia gracilis (Reibisch, 1893) (additional source) Mesochaetopterus capensis (McIntosh, 1885) (basis of record) Mesochaetopterus sagittarius (Claparède, 1870) (additional source) Myrianida pulchella Day, 1953 (additional source) Neanthes agnesiae (Augener, 1918) (basis of record) Neanthes operta (Stimpson, 1856) (basis of record) Neanthes unifasciata (Willey, 1905) (additional source) Neanthes willeyi (Day, 1934) (additional source) Nereis (Nereis) gilchristi Day, 1967 (original description) Nereis fusifera Quatrefages, 1866 (status source) Nereis gilchristi Day, 1967 represented as Nereis (Nereis) gilchristi Day, 1967 (original description) Nereis persica Fauvel, 1911 (additional source) Nereis zonata persica Fauvel, 1913 (source of synonymy) Nicomache lumbricalis (Fabricius, 1780) (additional source) Notophyllum splendens (Schmarda, 1861) (additional source) Ophiodromus angustifrons (Grube, 1878) accepted as Oxydromus angustifrons (Grube, 1878) (additional source) Parasclerocheilus capensis Day, 1961 (additional source) Petaloproctus terricolus Quatrefages, 1866 (basis of record) Pherecardia striata (Kinberg, 1857) (additional source) Pherusa monroi (Day, 1957) (basis of record) Piromis arenosus Kinberg, 1867 (additional source) Pisionidens indica (Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940) (additional source) Platynereis calodonta Kinberg, 1865 (basis of record) Plotohelmis capitata (Greeff, 1876) (additional source) Polychaeta (identification resource) Polydora colonia Moore, 1907 (additional source) Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885 (additional source) Praxillella capensis (McIntosh, 1885) (basis of record) Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1869 (additional source) Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867 (additional source) Pseudonereis podocirra (Schmarda, 1861) (additional source) Pseudonereis variegata (Grube, 1857) (additional source) Pseudopolynoe inhaca (Day, 1951) (additional source) Ranzania sagittaria Claparède, 1870 accepted as Mesochaetopterus sagittarius (Claparède, 1870) (source of synonymy) Sabellaria intoshi Fauvel, 1914 (source of synonymy) Sabellastarte sanctijosephi (Gravier, 1906) (additional source) Scolelepis squamata (Müller, 1806) represented as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806) (additional source) Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863 accepted as Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863) (additional source) Syllis benguellana Day, 1963 (source of synonymy) Terebella Linnaeus, 1767 (additional source) Thelepus plagiostoma (Schmarda, 1861) accepted as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861 (additional source) Tomopteris (Johnstonella) dunckeri Rosa, 1908 (basis of record) Travisiopsis capensis McIntosh, 1924 (basis of record) Typosyllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) (additional source) Vanadis crystallina inornata Day, 1967 (original description) |