WoRMS taxon details
Mediomastus californiensis Hartman, 1944
157483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157483)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous annelids from California, including the descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(2): 239-307, plates 19-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4680190
page(s): 264-265, plate 26 figs. 64-65 [details]
page(s): 264-265, plate 26 figs. 64-65 [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, central California
Unreviewed
Type locality Pacific Ocean, central California [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Mediomastus californiensis Hartman, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157483 on 2026-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous annelids from California, including the descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(2): 239-307, plates 19-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4680190
page(s): 264-265, plate 26 figs. 64-65 [details]
basis of record Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 264-265, plate 26 figs. 64-65 [details]
basis of record Uebelacker, Joan M.; Johnson, Paul G. (eds). (1984). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Volumes 1-7, Barry M. Vittor & Associates. Mobile, Alabama., available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002201750 [details] Available for editors
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Blake, J.A. 2000. Family Capitellidae Grube, 1862. pages 47-96. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul Valentich. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Polychaeta: Fabelligeridae to Sternaspidae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara [details]
redescription Warren, Lynda M.; Hutchings, Patricia A.; Doyle, Sue. (1994). A revision of the genus <i>Mediomastus</i> Hartman, 1944 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 46(3): 227-256., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.6
page(s): 239-241, figs. 2b, 7c-d, 9a-d, 12, tables 1-2; note: redescription from types with additional material [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Warren, Lynda M.; Hutchings, Patricia A.; Doyle, Sue. (1994). A revision of the genus <i>Mediomastus</i> Hartman, 1944 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 46(3): 227-256., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.6
page(s): 239-241, figs. 2b, 7c-d, 9a-d, 12, tables 1-2; note: redescription from types with additional material [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 102 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Magalhães, Wagner F.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2012). Capitellidae Grube, 1862 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Hawaiian Islands with description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3581(1): 1-52., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3581.1.1
page(s): 25-27, figs. 18A-B, 19A-D, 20A-B [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Hartman, O. (1951). The littoral marine annelids of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas.</em> 2(1): 7-124., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22162
page(s): 102 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Magalhães, Wagner F.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2012). Capitellidae Grube, 1862 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Hawaiian Islands with description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3581(1): 1-52., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3581.1.1
page(s): 25-27, figs. 18A-B, 19A-D, 20A-B [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
