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Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, 1914 
AphiaID: 129915

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order) > Chaetopteridae (Family) > Mesochaetopterus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mesochaetopterus Potts, 1914
Sources  original description: Potts, Frank A. 1914. Polychaeta from the N.E. Pacific: The Chaetopteridae. With an account of the phenomenon of asexual reproduction in Phyllochaetopterus and the description of two new species of Chaetopteridae from the Atlantic. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67: 955-994., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856337 [details]

basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, 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. 214-231 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp 459-842. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mozambique [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Specimen  Holotype: BM , locality Torres Strait (Australia) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Note  Distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).
Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129915
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan, GĂ©rard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K.; Bellan, G. (2013). Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, 1914. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129915 on 2013-05-24
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