AfReMaS taxon details
Amphictene capensis (Pallas, 1766)
1469443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1469443)
accepted
Species
Nereis cylindraria capensis Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Pectinaria capensis (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Sabella chrysodon Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nereis cylindraria capensis Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 118-122, plate IX [not plate VIII, as stated in text] figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 118-122, plate IX [not plate VIII, as stated in text] figs. 1-2 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Amphictene capensis (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1469443 on 2025-04-06
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Amphictene capensis (Pallas, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1469443 on 2025-04-06
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original description
(of Sabella chrysodon Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
original description (of Nereis cylindraria capensis Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 118-122, plate IX [not plate VIII, as stated in text] figs. 1-2 [details]
new combination reference Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 91; note: based on Nereis cylindraria capensis [details]
status source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Peart, Rachael. (2002). A Review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian Fauna. <em>Records of the Australian Museum,.</em> 54(1): 99-127., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1356
page(s): 102; note: in table of characters for Amphictene species as Amphictene capensis [details] Available for editors
original description (of Nereis cylindraria capensis Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls., available online at https://archive.org/details/pspallasmedicina00pall
page(s): 118-122, plate IX [not plate VIII, as stated in text] figs. 1-2 [details]
new combination reference Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41329897
page(s): 91; note: based on Nereis cylindraria capensis [details]
status source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Peart, Rachael. (2002). A Review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian Fauna. <em>Records of the Australian Museum,.</em> 54(1): 99-127., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1356
page(s): 102; note: in table of characters for Amphictene species as Amphictene capensis [details] Available for editors





To NMNH Extant Collection (WRM USNM 50748 Pectinaria capensis Card.) (from synonym Pectinaria capensis (Pallas, 1766))
Unreviewed
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