WoRMS taxon details
Telothelepus capensis Day, 1955
332459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332459)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Day, J. H. (1955). The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 42(287): 407-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02216.x
page(s): 440-441, fig. 6e-f [details]
page(s): 440-441, fig. 6e-f [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.87, geounit Langebaan Lagoon
, Note Langebaan Lagoon, Cape Province, South Africa...
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.87, geounit Langebaan Lagoon [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Langebaan Lagoon, Cape Province, South Africa (gazetteer estimate -33.14°, 18.05°), intertidal, near the low tide mark, in fine white sand. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution South Africa: Langebaan Lagoon (Atlantic Ocean), Knysna Estuary (Indian Ocean) and Keiskama Estuary (Indian Ocean), all in...
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa).
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution South Africa: Langebaan Lagoon (Atlantic Ocean), Knysna Estuary (Indian Ocean) and Keiskama Estuary (Indian Ocean), all in...
Distribution South Africa: Langebaan Lagoon (Atlantic Ocean), Knysna Estuary (Indian Ocean) and Keiskama Estuary (Indian Ocean), all in the former Cape Province. [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.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Telothelepus capensis Day, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332459 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Day, J. H. (1955). The Polychaeta of South Africa. Part 3. Sedentary species from Cape shores and estuaries. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 42(287): 407-452., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02216.x
page(s): 440-441, fig. 6e-f [details]
page(s): 440-441, fig. 6e-f [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Carrerette, Orlemir; Hutchings, Pat; Fitzhugh, Kirk. (2018). Systematic review of the species of the family Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013 (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-41 [online before print, 19 Jan 2018]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1401729
page(s): 8-10, figs. 4-5; note: redescription based on holotype and topotypes [details]
page(s): 8-10, figs. 4-5; note: redescription based on holotype and topotypes [details]
Other
additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.87, geounit Langebaan Lagoon [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution South Africa: Langebaan Lagoon (Atlantic Ocean), Knysna Estuary (Indian Ocean) and Keiskama Estuary (Indian Ocean), all in the former Cape Province. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Habitat In intertidal fine sand. [details]
Type locality Langebaan Lagoon, Cape Province, South Africa (gazetteer estimate -33.14°, 18.05°), intertidal, near the low tide mark, in fine white sand. [details]
