Species Mediomastus australiensis Warren, Hutchings & Doyle, 1994

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Species Mediomastus australiensis Warren, Hutchings & Doyle, 1994

Mediomastus australiensis Warren, L.M., Hutchings, P.A. & Doyle, S. 1994. A revision of the genus Mediomastus Hartman, 1944 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). Records of the Australian Museum 46: 227-256 [236-237].
Type data:
Holotype AM W20589 (95 segments, gravid), Merimbula Lake, NSW, 2-3 [36°54'S, 149°53'E].
Paratype(s) AM W20590 3 specimens; USNM 136597 2 specimens; BMNH ZB 1994.4793-4794 2 specimens; AHF 1648 2 specimens (All paratypes from same locality as the holotype).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast

Nearctic Region

United States of America
- Florida
- North Carolina

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Often associated with Posidonia and Zostera seagrasses, may occur in extremely high densities, occurs down to 50 m depth.

Misidentifications

as Mediomastus californiensis.
—Hutchings, P. & Rainer, S.F. 1979. The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Natural History 13: 745–796 [779].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [81].
—Collett, L.C., Hutchings, P.A., Gibbs, P.J. & Collins, A.J. 1984. A comparative study of the macro-benthic fauna of Posidonia australis seagrass meadows in New South Wales. Aquatic Botany 18: 111–134 [124–125].

General References

Hutchings, P.A. & Recher, H.F. 1974. The fauna of Careel Bay with comments on the eceology of mangrove and seagrass communities. The Australian Zoologist 18(2): 99-128 [105] (as Mediomastus sp.)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023		21-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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