UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)

WoRMS taxon details

Mesosagitta Tokioka, 1965

AphiaID

105407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105407)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sagittidae Claus & Grobben, 1905

Direct children (7)

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Species Mesosagitta minima (Grassi, 1881)
Species Mesosagitta decipiens (Fowler, 1905) accepted as Decipisagitta decipiens (Fowler, 1905) (Synonym)
Species Mesosagitta neodecipiens (Tokioka, 1959) accepted as Decipisagitta decipiens (Fowler, 1905) (Synonym)
Species Mesosagitta sibogae (Fowler, 1906) accepted as Decipisagitta sibogae (Fowler, 1906) (Synonym)
Species Mesosagitta formosa Kasatkina & Selivanova, 2003 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Description inadequate to distinguish from other known chaetognath species.)
Species Mesosagitta slunini Kasatkina, 2001 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Description inadequate to distinguish from other known chaetognath species.)
Species Mesosagitta velox Kasatkina & Selivanova, 2003 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Description inadequate to distinguish from other known chaetognath species.)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. Publications of the Seto Marine Biologcial Laboratory. 12: 335-357. [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Mesosagitta Tokioka, 1965. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105407 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2007-06-14 14:34:21Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-11-18 13:58:23Z

changed

Thuesen, Erik V.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. Publications of the Seto Marine Biologcial Laboratory. 12: 335-357. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record van der Land, J.; Kapp, H. (2001). Chaetognatha, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 335 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Spelling Spelled Mesosagattia in the printed version of ERMS [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	ヒメヤムシ属	[details]

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