WoRMS name details
Mediomastus cirripes Ben-Eliahu, 1976
129891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129891)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (incompletely known (fide Warren et al. 1994))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1976). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Sedentaria. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 25(4): 121-155., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1976.10688434
page(s): 138, fig. 6a-c [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 138, fig. 6a-c [details] Available for editors
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Holotype BMNH ZB.1976. 161, geounit Israel
, Note coast at Shavei Zion, north of Haifa, Israel,...
Holotype BMNH ZB.1976. 161, geounit Israel [details]
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Type locality coast at Shavei Zion, north of Haifa, Israel, 32.9833° 35.0833° (32°59'N 35°05'E) [details]
Type material Known for a single specimen. Holotype is 3.3 mm and consists of an anterior end with a complete thorax and 6 abdominal setigers, but is a gravid female with eggs still attached in gonad. [details]
Status Warren et al (1996: 245) suggests M cirripes is sufficiently incompletely known to be a species inquirenda, but also state...
Status Warren et al (1996: 245) suggests M cirripes is sufficiently incompletely known to be a species inquirenda, but also state "locality and the habitat, however, suggest that this might be a separate species" and "holotype differs from specimens of other species of Mediomastus by the morphology of the hooks on thorax and abdomen; the shape of the setigers including the thorax/abdomen boundary; and the prominent palpode." Thus the species has a holotype, and is currently distinct (distinguishable) from congeners, but is incompletely known [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Mediomastus cirripes Ben-Eliahu, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129891 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1976). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Sedentaria. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 25(4): 121-155., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1976.10688434
page(s): 138, fig. 6a-c [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 138, fig. 6a-c [details] Available for editors
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status source
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): 244-245, figs. 2f, 12, tables 1-2; note: suggested to be a species inquirenda [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 244-245, figs. 2f, 12, tables 1-2; note: suggested to be a species inquirenda [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH ZB.1976. 161, geounit Israel [details]
From editor or global species database
Habitat Associated with vermetid reef of Dendropoma [details]Status Warren et al (1996: 245) suggests M cirripes is sufficiently incompletely known to be a species inquirenda, but also state "locality and the habitat, however, suggest that this might be a separate species" and "holotype differs from specimens of other species of Mediomastus by the morphology of the hooks on thorax and abdomen; the shape of the setigers including the thorax/abdomen boundary; and the prominent palpode." Thus the species has a holotype, and is currently distinct (distinguishable) from congeners, but is incompletely known [details]
Type locality coast at Shavei Zion, north of Haifa, Israel, 32.9833° 35.0833° (32°59'N 35°05'E) [details]
Type material Known for a single specimen. Holotype is 3.3 mm and consists of an anterior end with a complete thorax and 6 abdominal setigers, but is a gravid female with eggs still attached in gonad. [details]
