WoRMS taxon details
Myzostoma fuscomaculatum Lanterbecq, Hempson, Griffiths & Eeckhaut, 2009
865543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:865543)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lanterbecq, D.; Hempson, T.; Griffiths, C.; Eeckhaut, I. 2009. Myzostoma fuscomaculatum (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False Bay, South Africa. Hydrobiologia 619: 145-154, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9606-7
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
Holotype IRSNB/KBIN IG31130/01, geounit False Bay...
, Note Oatlands Point, False Bay, South Africa,...
Holotype IRSNB/KBIN IG31130/01, geounit False Bay (South Africa) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Oatlands Point, False Bay, South Africa, -34.208° 18.461° (34 12.48' S 18 27.66' E) just south of Simon’s Town [details]
Etymology "fuscomaculatum" a "combination of the Latin adjective ‘maculatum’ referring to the coloured patches that the specimens...
Etymology "fuscomaculatum" a "combination of the Latin adjective ‘maculatum’ referring to the coloured patches that the specimens exhibit dorsally, and ‘fusco’ referring to the brownish colour of these patches." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Myzostoma fuscomaculatum Lanterbecq, Hempson, Griffiths & Eeckhaut, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865543 on 2024-04-26
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Lanterbecq, D.; Hempson, T.; Griffiths, C.; Eeckhaut, I. 2009. Myzostoma fuscomaculatum (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False Bay, South Africa. Hydrobiologia 619: 145-154, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9606-7
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype IRSNB/KBIN IG31130/01, geounit False Bay (South Africa) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology "fuscomaculatum" a "combination of the Latin adjective ‘maculatum’ referring to the coloured patches that the specimens exhibit dorsally, and ‘fusco’ referring to the brownish colour of these patches." [details]Habitat Living in shallow water on the comatulid crinoid, Tropiometra carinata [details]
Type locality Oatlands Point, False Bay, South Africa, -34.208° 18.461° (34 12.48' S 18 27.66' E) just south of Simon’s Town [details]
