WoRMS taxon details
Micronereides capensis Day, 1963
329374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329374)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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
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page(s): 404-406, fig. 6a-e [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.60, geounit Agulhas Bank
, Type locality contained in South African part of the Indian Ocean , Note Agulhas Bank, off south coast of Cape...
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.60, geounit Agulhas Bank [details]
type locality contained in South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
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]
Depth range 183 m.
Distribution Off South Africa: Agulhas Bank (Indian Ocean).
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa).
Depth range 183 m. [details]
Distribution Off South Africa: Agulhas Bank (Indian Ocean).
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).
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Micronereides capensis Day, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329374 on 2024-11-10
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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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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]
