Mesochaetopterus minutus
creator: Bellan, Gérard
creator: Fauchald, Kristian
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, 1914
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129915 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-03-26T12:36:43Z
replaces: 1819144
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, 1914
class: Polychaeta
family: Chaetopteridae
genus: Mesochaetopterus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Potts, Frank A. (1914). Polychaeta from the N.E. Pacific: The Chaetopteridae. With an account of the phenomenon of asexual reproduction in Phyllochaetopterus and the description of two new species of Chaetopteridae from the Atlantic. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 84(4): 955-994, plates I-VI.
name published in year: 1914
parent name usage ID: 129230
phylum: Annelida
scientific name authorship: Potts, 1914
specific epithet: minutus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted