WoRMS taxon details
Heteromastus deductus Pillai, 1961 AphiaID: 328369
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sedentaria (Subclass) > Scolecida (Infraclass) > Capitellidae (Family) > Heteromastus (Genus) > Heteromastus deductus (Species)
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| Status |  unaccepted (superseded original combination) | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Mediomastus deductus (Pillai, 1961) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Heteromastus Eisig, 1887 | ||||||||||||||||
| Orig. name | Heteromastus deductus Pillai, 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description Pillai, T.G. (1961). Annelida Polychaeta of Tambalagam Lake, Ceylon. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences). 4(1): 1-40., available online at http://dl.nsf.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/1/7600/CJS(B.S)-4(1)-1.pdf?sequence=2 page(s): 29-30, figs. 9J-K, 10B-C [details] source of synonymy Warren, L.M.; Hutchings, P.A.; Doyle, S. (1994). A revision of the genus Mediomastus Hartman, 1944 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 46(3): 227-256., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.6 page(s): 245; note: recombined to Mediomastus [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | |||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution |
type locality contained in Tambalagam Bay [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Specimen |
Holotype NHMUK 1960.3.13.24, locality Tambalagam Bay (Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Tambalagam Bay (= Tambalagam Lake), centre of the lake (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 8.52º, long. 81.16º); fine black mud in oyster beds, 1-4 fathoms (1.8-7.3 m), in brackish water (11.0-19.0 p.p.t.)) [details]
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| Links |  To Encyclopedia of Life To Holotype at NHMUK | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | From editor or global species database
Depth range 1-4 fathoms (1.8-7.3 m). [details]Distribution Indian Ocean: Tambalagam Bay (Sri Lanka). [details]Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet deductus in a Latin adjective meaning 'attenuated', 'slender' or 'fine', and presumably refers to the shape of the body of the species, described as "Length about 34.0mm; width at the 2nd setigerous segment, which is the widest region, 0.8mm" (Pillai, 1961: 29). [details]Habitat Brackish water (11.0-19.0 p.p.t.) at shallow depths (1-4 fathoms; 1.8-7.3 m), in fine black mud in oyster beds. [details]Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, Tambalagam Bay (= Tambalagam Lake), centre of the lake (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 8.52º, long. 81.16º). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328369 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Read, G.; Gil, J. (2016). Heteromastus deductus Pillai, 1961. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2017). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328369 on 2017-09-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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