WoRMS name details
Pharyngeovalvata natalensis Day, 1951
330520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330520)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, John H. (1951). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 1. The intertidal and estuarine Polychaeta of Natal and Mosambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(1): 1-67.
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Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.18, geounit South African part...
, Note Western Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal,...
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.18, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
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Type locality Western Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal, Tongaat Beach (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -29.616028º, long. 31.155738º). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal Province, Tongaat Beach.
Etymology The specific epithet natalensis makes reference to the type locality, the Natal Province (South Africa).
Taxonomy San Martín & Hutchings (2006) synonymized Pharyngeovalvata Day, 1951 with Odontosyllis Claparède, 1868, after examining...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal Province, Tongaat Beach.
Distribution Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal Province, Tongaat Beach. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet natalensis makes reference to the type locality, the Natal Province (South Africa).
Etymology The specific epithet natalensis makes reference to the type locality, the Natal Province (South Africa). [details]
Taxonomy San Martín & Hutchings (2006) synonymized Pharyngeovalvata Day, 1951 with Odontosyllis Claparède, 1868, after examining...
Taxonomy San Martín & Hutchings (2006) synonymized Pharyngeovalvata Day, 1951 with Odontosyllis Claparède, 1868, after examining one paratype of Pharyngeovalvata natalensis Day, 1951 (NHM 1961.16.16-17), type species of the genus, and considering it to be identical with Odontosyllis ctenostoma Claparède, 1868. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pharyngeovalvata natalensis Day, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330520 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Day, John H. (1951). The polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part 1. The intertidal and estuarine Polychaeta of Natal and Mosambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(1): 1-67.
page(s): 26-27, text-fig. 4e-j [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 26-27, text-fig. 4e-j [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
San Martín G. and Hutchings P.A.. 2006. Eusyllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and fifteen new species. Records of the Australian Museum. 58. 257-370., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1466
page(s): 281-282 [details]
page(s): 281-282 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.18, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1961.16.16-17, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal Province, Tongaat Beach. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet natalensis makes reference to the type locality, the Natal Province (South Africa). [details]
Habitat Shore. [details]
Taxonomy San Martín & Hutchings (2006) synonymized Pharyngeovalvata Day, 1951 with Odontosyllis Claparède, 1868, after examining one paratype of Pharyngeovalvata natalensis Day, 1951 (NHM 1961.16.16-17), type species of the genus, and considering it to be identical with Odontosyllis ctenostoma Claparède, 1868. [details]
Type locality Western Indian Ocean, South Africa, Natal, Tongaat Beach (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -29.616028º, long. 31.155738º). [details]
