Species Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, 1914

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• Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, F.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 67: 955-994 [963].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1924.3.1.58 1 specimen, Cape Verde Islands.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Occurs in most NSW estuaries.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, seagrass, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

In seagrass beds and shelly sand, down to 60 m depth.

 

Citations

Mesochaetopterus minutus.
—Monro, C.C.A. 1931. Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, Echiuroidea and Sipunculoidea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 1–37 [25].
—Day, J.H. 1967. A Monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Pt 1, Erranta pp. 1–458; Pt 2, Sedentaria pp. 459–878. London : Publication of the British Museum (Natural History) [531, fig. 22].
—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 [63].

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023		07-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)