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The first part of this series (Day, 1951) dealt with the estuarine and intertidal fauna of Mosambique and Natal. The present paper deals with the Cape and South-West Arica from" The Haven" just south of the Natal border, around the Cape, to Luderitzbucht in South-West Africa. No dredged records are included as the infratidal fauna will be described later. Only new records of errant forms are given, as a complete list of all the records would be too long to give here; the final paper will include not only intertidal forms, but also species dredged from all depths down to three hundred fathoms. There are, however, quite sufficient records to show the kind of distribution which occurs. A comparison of present records with those given in Part 1 for Mosambique and Natal will show that many of the tropical Indo-pacific species do not reach the Cape coasts; only a diminishing few persist as far south as Cape Agulhas. The Cape fauna includes many cosmopolitan species, but there are also a large number of endemics which extend right round the Cape to South-West Africa; others are restricted either to the warmer southern shores or to the colder coast between Cape Point and Walvis Bay. Further discussion of distribution must be reserved until the dredged fauna has been described.
South Africa
Ceratonereis keiskama Day, 1953 represented as Ceratonereis (Composetia) keiskama (Day, 1953) (original description)
Eulalia viridis capensis Schmarda, 1961 accepted as Eulalia capensis Schmarda, 1861 (additional source)
Eunoe capensis McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Hemilepidia erythrotaenia Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Polynoe erythrotaenia (Schmarda, 1861) (status source)
Glycera kraussii Stimpson, 1855 (source of synonymy)
Harmothoe dictyophora (Grube, 1878) (additional source)
Harmothoe saldanha Day, 1953 (original description)
Hemilepidia erythrotaenia Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Polynoe erythrotaenia (Schmarda, 1861) (new combination reference)
Lumbrinereis cavifrons Grube, 1866 accepted as Lumbrineris cavifrons Grube, 1866 (source of synonymy)
Lumbrinereis hartmani Day, 1953 accepted as Lumbrineris hartmani Day, 1953 (original description)
Marphysa depressa (Schmarda, 1861) (additional source)
Myrianida pulchella Day, 1953 (original description)
Nephtys capensis Day, 1953 (original description)
Parmenis reticulata McIntosh, 1924 accepted as Harmothoe dictyophora (Grube, 1878) (source of synonymy)
Pionosyllis magnidens Day, 1953 accepted as Nudisyllis magnidens (Day, 1953) (original description)
Spermosyllis capensis Day, 1953 (original description)
Sphaerosyllis hystrix capensis Day, 1953 accepted as Sphaerosyllis capensis Day, 1953 (original description)
Trypanosyllis crosslandi Potts, 1911 (additional source)
Holotype USNM 17400, geounit Southern California, identified as Syllis (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909
Holotype NHMUK 1953.11.16.9, geounit South Africa, identified as Myrianida pulchella Day, 1953
Paratype NHMUK 1961.16.12, geounit South Africa, identified as Myrianida pulchella Day, 1953
Holotype NHMUK 1961.16.14-15, geounit South Africa, identified as Pionosyllis magnidens Day, 1953
Syntype NHMUK 1961.16.9-11, geounit Cape Agulhas, identified as Sphaerosyllis hystrix capensis Day, 1953
South Africa: Western Cape (St. James, False Bay; Cape Agulhas); KwaZulu-Natal (Durban Bay). [details]
Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Lambert's Bay and Cape). [details]
Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Langebaan Lagoon). Known from a single specimen collected at the type locality. [details]
Southeast Atlantic Ocean: South Africa (Western Cape Province). [details]
Day (1953) reported Marphysa depressa from South Africa, but this is today regarded as a misidentification of a ... [details]
Evidently named for the type locality, the Keiskama Estuary, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The modern ... [details]
The specific epithet pulchella is the feminine of the Latin adjective pulchellus, meaning 'pretty', and refers ... [details]
The specific epithet magnidens is derived from the Latin combining form magni-, meaning 'large or 'great', and the ... [details]
The specific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Langebaan ... [details]
The subspecific epithet capensis refers to the Western Cape Province (South Africa), where is located Cape Agulhas, ... [details]
Intertidal. Type of sediment not stated in original description. [details]
Intertidal. Type of sediment not stated in original description. [details]
Day (1953) original description uses the alternative Nephthys genus spelling [details]
The genus Spermosyllis Claparède, 1864 is a subjective junior synonym of Exogone Örsted, 1845. The available ... [details]
author: "Occurred in waters of very low salinity. The type was selected from a collection made in the Keiskama ... [details]
Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, False Bay, St. James (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer ... [details]
Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Lambert's Bay (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be ... [details]
Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Langebaan Lagoon (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to ... [details]
Southeast Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Cape Agulhas (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be ... [details]
Day (1953; 1967) clearly stated that the type specimen was from St. James (Day, 1953: 422), and the type locality "St. ... [details]
