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Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933 
AphiaID: 118154

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexapoda (Subphylum) > Insecta (Class) > Pterygota (Subclass) > Diptera (Order) > Nematocera (Suborder) > Culicomorpha (Infraorder) > Chironomidae (Family) > Clunioninae (Subfamily) > Telmatogetonini (Tribe) > Telmatogeton (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Telmatogeton Schiner, 1866
Sources  basis of record: Legakis, A. (2001). Insecta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 323-324 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Cheng, L. (Ed.) (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp., available online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/sio/techreport/48/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch Japanse dansmug  [details]
English marine splash midge  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Coast [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Links Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  alien species: The marine splash midge Telmatogeton japonicus originally occurs in Australasia and along the east coast of America. This species reached Europe through transportation in ballast water of ships. It was observed for the first time in Belgian waters in 2005, on buoys in front of the coast. Apparently these chironomids (and their larvae) survive on such metal ‘islands’ at sea. The species can be found in our neighbouring countries under the same conditions. [details]
Images 
Telmatogeton japonicus larva
Telmatogeton japonicus larva
added on 2011-07-28 - author: Torbjørn, Ekrem ()
qualitystatus: checked by Cheng, Lanna on 2012-09-21 18:12:42

Telmatogeton japonicus pupa
Telmatogeton japonicus pupa
added on 2011-07-28 - author: Torbjørn, Ekrem ()
qualitystatus: checked by Cheng, Lanna on 2012-09-21 18:12:26

Telmatogeton japonicus
Telmatogeton japonicus
added on 2011-08-25 - author: Malcolm Storey (www.bioimages.org.uk) ()
qualitystatus: checked by Cheng, Lanna on 2012-10-02 21:11:47

Telmatogeton japonicus
Telmatogeton japonicus
added on 2011-08-25 - author: Malcolm Storey (www.bioimages.org.uk) ()
qualitystatus: checked by Cheng, Lanna on 2012-09-21 18:13:19

Telmatogeton japonicus
Telmatogeton japonicus
added on 2011-08-25 - author: Malcolm Storey (www.bioimages.org.uk) ()
qualitystatus: checked by Cheng, Lanna on 2012-10-02 21:12:16
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118154
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Legakis, Anastasios
  
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  Citation: Legakis, A. (2013). Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118154 on 2013-05-23
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