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Polychaeta 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]   
Holotype  IRSNB/KBIN IG31130/01, geounit False Bay...  
Holotype IRSNB/KBIN IG31130/01, geounit False Bay (South Africa) [details]
Note Oatlands Point, False Bay, South Africa,...  
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.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Myzostoma fuscomaculatum Lanterbecq, Hempson, Griffiths & Eeckhaut, 2009. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865543 on 2024-03-29
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2015-12-10 00:34:56Z
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original description 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]   
 
 Present  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]