Comprehensive Description
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Harmothoe discoveryae
Harmothoe crosetensis.—Monro, 1930:57 [part; not McIntosh, 1885].
Harmothoe aequiseta.—Day, 1953:400 [part?]; 1960:274 [part?; not Kinberg, 1856].
Harmothoe aequiseta aequiseta.—Day, 1967:66, fig. 1.9.f–k [part?; not Kinberg, 1856].
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—SOUTH AFRICA: South Atlantic Ocean, Simon's Town, False Bay, Basin of H.M. Dockyard, 0–2 m, Discovery sta 90, 10 Jul 1926, holotype (BMNH 1930.10.8.231), 2 paratypes (BMNH 1930.10.8.232–3), paratype (USNM 55028, as H. crosetensis by Monro, 1930 and as H. aequiseta by Day, 1960). Knysna Estuary, 34°05′S, 23°03′E, University of Cape Town Ecological Survey sta KNY 211, paratype (BMNH 1963.1.3, as H. aequiseta by Day, 1953).
DISTRIBUTION.—South Atlantic Ocean, South Africa; in 0–2 meters.
ETYMOLOGY.—The species is named for the R.R.S. Discovery, the collecting ship.
- bibliographic citation
- Pettibone, Marian H. 1993. "Revision of some species referred to Antinoe, Antinoella, Antinoana, Bylgides, and Harmothoe (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Harmothoinae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.545
