WoRMS taxon details

Myzostoma pottsi Atkins, 1927

335247  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335247)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Annelida incertae sedis (Superclass)
  5. Myzostomida (Order)
  6. Myzostomatidae (Family)
  7. Myzostoma (Genus)
  8. Myzostoma pottsi (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Atkins, Daphne. (1927). Report on the Myzostomidae collected by Mr. F.A. Potts in Torres Strait, together with a description of a species obtained by Professor J. Stanley Gardiner from the Maldives. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 97(2): 339-357., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02265.x
page(s): 348, text figure 7-8; note: Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, or Badu, Torres Strait [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note Not stated, host not stated. The collection...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Not stated, host not stated. The collection came from Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Badu, Torres Strait, collected by Potts. [details]
Etymology Myzostoma pottsi is clearly named for the collector, F. A. Potts.  
Etymology Myzostoma pottsi is clearly named for the collector, F. A. Potts. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Myzostoma pottsi Atkins, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335247 on 2025-08-22
Date
action
by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

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Nomenclature

original description Atkins, Daphne. (1927). Report on the Myzostomidae collected by Mr. F.A. Potts in Torres Strait, together with a description of a species obtained by Professor J. Stanley Gardiner from the Maldives. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 97(2): 339-357., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb02265.x
page(s): 348, text figure 7-8; note: Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, or Badu, Torres Strait [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] 

From editor or global species database
Etymology Myzostoma pottsi is clearly named for the collector, F. A. Potts. [details]

Type locality Not stated, host not stated. The collection came from Murray Island, Great Barrier Reef, and Badu, Torres Strait, collected by Potts. [details]
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