Polychaeta name details
Mediomastus caudatus Hartman, 1976
715099 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:715099)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1976 [issue for 1974]). Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 16(1): 191-252., available online at http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=817&bkid=48
page(s): 237-239, fig. 13a-b [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 237-239, fig. 13a-b [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AHF, geounit Arabian Sea
, Note Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, India, Kerala...
Holotype AHF, geounit Arabian Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, India, Kerala State, 3 miles off Cochin (= Kochi) Harbour (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 10.0º, long. 76.2º), at 23 m, in silty clay. [details]
Depth range 15-37 m.
Distribution North of Indian Ocean: Indian coasts of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet caudatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'tailed' or 'caudate', and presumably refers to the...
Depth range 15-37 m. [details]
Distribution North of Indian Ocean: Indian coasts of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
Distribution North of Indian Ocean: Indian coasts of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet caudatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'tailed' or 'caudate', and presumably refers to the...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet caudatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'tailed' or 'caudate', and presumably refers to the fact that "The posterior end [of the species] terminates in a long, mid-ventrally attached cauda appearing pseudoannulate, due to wrinkles of contraction" (Hartman, 1976: 238). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Mediomastus caudatus Hartman, 1976. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715099 on 2024-06-14
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1976 [issue for 1974]). Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. <em>Journal of Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 16(1): 191-252., available online at http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=817&bkid=48
page(s): 237-239, fig. 13a-b [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Warren, L.M.; Hutchings, P.A.; Doyle, S. (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 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.6
page(s): 249 [details]
page(s): 237-239, fig. 13a-b [details] Available for editors
[request] new combination reference Warren, L.M.; Hutchings, P.A.; Doyle, S. (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 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.6
page(s): 249 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AHF, geounit Arabian Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 15-37 m. [details]Distribution North of Indian Ocean: Indian coasts of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet caudatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'tailed' or 'caudate', and presumably refers to the fact that "The posterior end [of the species] terminates in a long, mid-ventrally attached cauda appearing pseudoannulate, due to wrinkles of contraction" (Hartman, 1976: 238). [details]
Habitat In estuaries and shallow depths, in mud bottoms. [details]
Type locality Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, India, Kerala State, 3 miles off Cochin (= Kochi) Harbour (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 10.0º, long. 76.2º), at 23 m, in silty clay. [details]
