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Mediomastus fragilis Rasmussen, 1973

129892  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129892)

accepted
Species
marine
Rasmussen, E. (1973). Systematics and ecology of the Isefjord marine fauna (Denmark). <em>Ophelia.</em> 11(1): 1-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1973.10430115
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note Isefjord, Kattegat, Denmark  
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Type locality Isefjord, Kattegat, Denmark [details]
Description Rasmussen intended to describe Mediomastus fragilis "in more detail elsewhere" but it seems this did not happen. No...  
Description Rasmussen intended to describe Mediomastus fragilis "in more detail elsewhere" but it seems this did not happen. No holotype is mentioned, nor type locality, but assumed to be Isefjord. [details]

Distribution This is the only Mediomastus species occuring in European waters.  
Distribution This is the only Mediomastus species occuring in European waters. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Mediomastus fragilis Rasmussen, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129892 on 2024-11-25
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original description Rasmussen, E. (1973). Systematics and ecology of the Isefjord marine fauna (Denmark). <em>Ophelia.</em> 11(1): 1-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1973.10430115
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details] 

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.</em> (look up in IMIS) [details] 

redescription Warren, Lynda M.; Hutchings, Patricia A.; Doyle, Sue. (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 https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.6
page(s): 245-247, figs. 7g-i, 11a-f, 12, tables 1-2; note: redescription based on non-type material [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Warren, L. M. (1979). Mediomastus fragilis Rasmussen (Polychaeta: Capitellidae), a Species Newly Recorded from British Waters. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 59(3): 757-760. [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Description Rasmussen intended to describe Mediomastus fragilis "in more detail elsewhere" but it seems this did not happen. No holotype is mentioned, nor type locality, but assumed to be Isefjord. [details]

Type locality Isefjord, Kattegat, Denmark [details]

Type specimen There are no syntype specimens known. Warren et al. (1994) examined specimens said to be "Rasmussen's private collection from type locality" and give a "type locality" of Vellerup Vig, Isefjord, 55°44'N 11 °52'E (55.733, 11.8667), 0.5 m. How they obtained the lat/long is unstated, but it is a location inside Vellerup Vig.  [details]

Unreviewed
Distribution This is the only Mediomastus species occuring in European waters. [details]
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