WoRMS name details
Loandalia capensis Day, 1963
337597 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337597)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Loandalia Monro, 1936 accepted as Hermundura Müller, 1858
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
page(s): 396-397, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 396-397, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.25, geounit South African part...
, Note Plettenberg Bay, south coast of Western Cape...
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.25, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
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Type locality Plettenberg Bay, south coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°02'S, 23°28.4'E), 49 m, shells, mud and rocks. [details]
Depth range 49 m.
Distribution South African part of the Indian Ocean: Plettenberg Bay (Western Cape Province).
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa).
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Depth range 49 m. [details]
Distribution South African part of the Indian Ocean: Plettenberg Bay (Western Cape Province).
Distribution South African part of the Indian Ocean: Plettenberg Bay (Western 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]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Loandalia capensis Day, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337597 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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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): 396-397, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Britaev, T.A. and Saphronova, M. A. 1981. New species of the family Pilargidae (Polychaeta) from the Sea of Japan and revision of the genus Cabira. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 60(9): 1314-1324.
page(s): 1322 [details]
page(s): 396-397, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Britaev, T.A. and Saphronova, M. A. 1981. New species of the family Pilargidae (Polychaeta) from the Sea of Japan and revision of the genus Cabira. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 60(9): 1314-1324.
page(s): 1322 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1963.1.25, geounit South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 49 m. [details]Distribution South African part of the Indian Ocean: Plettenberg Bay (Western Cape Province). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet capensis refers to the type locality of the species, the former Cape Province (South Africa). [details]
Habitat Shells, mud and rocks, at shelf depths. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Plettenberg Bay, south coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (34°02'S, 23°28.4'E), 49 m, shells, mud and rocks. [details]
