Species Sphaerosyllis capensis Day, 1953
Compiler and date details
Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Sphaerosyllis capensis Day, 1953.
Type data:
Holotype ZMH P-20568 (19 chaetigers), Heron Island, Qld.
Paratype(s) ZMH P-20569 3 specimens; AM W20388 1 specimen; ZMH P-20560 11 specimens; ZMH P-20561 1 specimen (All paratypes from same locality as the holotype).- Sphaerosyllis hystrix var. capensis Day, J.H. 1953. The Polychaete fauna of South Africa. Part. 2. Errant species from Cape shores and estuaries. Annals of the Natal Museum 12(3): 397-441 [94].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- San Martín, G. 2005. Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 57: 39-152 [95]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Heron Island, QLD
Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states,
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and
IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be
reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the
entire distribution. See further details below.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Subtidal.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Oct-2023 | 15-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Apr-2010 | ADDED |