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Mesoglossus pygmaeus Hinrichs & Jacobi, 1938 
AphiaID: 513923

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Hemichordata (Phylum) > Enteropneusta (Class) > [unassigned] Enteropneusta (Order) > Harrimaniidae (Family) > Mesoglossus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Mesoglossus Deland, Cameron, Rao, Ritter & Bullock, 2010
Synonymised
taxa
  Saccoglossus pygmaeus Hinrichs & Jacobi, 1938 (synonym)
Sources  from synonym: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: van der Land, J. (2001). Hemichordata, 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. 336 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Deland C, Cameron C, Rao K, Ritter W, Bullock T (2010) A taxonomic revision of the family Harrimaniidae (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta) with descriptions of seven species from the Eastern Pacific. Zootaxa: 1-30., available online at https://www.webdepot.umontreal.ca/Usagers/cameroc/MonDepotPublic/Cameron/#Publications [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hinrichs H, Jacobi L (1938) Saccoglossus pygmaeus, eine neue Enteropneustenart aus der sudlichen Nordsee. Zoologischer Anzeiger 121: 25-32. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Celtic Seas (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimens  Unknown type (from synonym): USNM 71490, locality Germany (Helogland) [view taxon]
Unknown type (from synonym): USNM 71491, locality Germany (Helogland) [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Habitat: M. pygmaeus has been found in northern European seas. [details]

Taxonomy: Deland et al. (2010) reclassified this species as a Mesoglossus. It formerly belonged to the Saccoglossus genus. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513923
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2010-09-08 19:57:08Z  created  Shenkar, Noa
2011-08-19 16:19:09Z  changed  Konikoff, Charlotte
  
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  Citation: Konikoff, C.; Shenkar, N. (2013). Mesoglossus pygmaeus Hinrichs & Jacobi, 1938. In: Shenkar, N; Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2013) Hemichordata World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513923 on 2013-05-26
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