WoRMS taxon details
Lepidasthenia mossambica Day, 1962
209670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209670)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype NHMUK 1961.14.1, geounit Mozambique
, Note Indian Ocean , Inhaca Island, Mozambique
Holotype NHMUK 1961.14.1, geounit Mozambique [details]
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Type locality Indian Ocean , Inhaca Island, Mozambique [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Lepidasthenia mossambica Day, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209670 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Day, J.H. 1962. Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139(4): 627-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01597.x [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Gibbs, Peter E. (1969). Aspects of polychaete ecology with particular reference to commensalism. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences.</em> 255(800): 443-458., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1969.0020
page(s): 453, no figures; note: Record for Solomon Islands, Marau Sound, commensal from burrow of Balanoglossus-like enteropneust, plus some descriptive comment [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
page(s): 453, no figures; note: Record for Solomon Islands, Marau Sound, commensal from burrow of Balanoglossus-like enteropneust, plus some descriptive comment [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1961.14.1, geounit Mozambique [details]
From editor or global species database
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]Type locality Indian Ocean , Inhaca Island, Mozambique [details]
