Species Mesomyzostoma botulus Rouse, Lanterbecq, Summers & Eeckhaut, 2015

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mesomyzostoma botulus Rouse, G.W., Lanterbecq, D., Summers, M.M. & Eeckhaut, I. 2016. Four new species of Mesomyzostoma (Myzostomida: Annelida). Journal of Natural History [Date published online 24 July 2015] [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA E3964, North Point, Lizard Island Great Barrier Reef (Australia) [14°38.655ʹ S, 145°27.267ʹ E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA E3409 2 specimens, data as for holotype.

  Type host:

   Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881) [COMATULIDAE]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mesomyzostoma sp. 3. —
  Summers, M.M. & Rouse, G.W. 2014. Phylogeny of Myzostomida (Annelida) and their relationships with echinoderm hosts. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 170
• Mesomyzostoma sp. 3b. —
  Lanterbecq D, Rouse GW, Milinkovitch MC, Eeckhaut I. 2006. Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate multiple independent emergences of parasitism in Myzostomida (Spiralia). Systematic Biology 55: 208-227
• Mesomyzostoma sp. 3a. —
  Lanterbecq D, Rouse GW, Milinkovitch MC, Eeckhaut I. 2006. Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate multiple independent emergences of parasitism in Myzostomida (Spiralia). Systematic Biology 55: 208-227

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also PNG, Madang Lagoon

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881) [COMATULIDAE]).

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	ANNELIDA	17-Oct-2023	MODIFIED
16-Sep-2022		16-Sep-2022	MOVED
17-Oct-2023	POLYCHAETA Claparède, 1864	17-Oct-2023	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023	PHYLLODOCIDA	17-Oct-2023	MODIFIED
	MYZOSTOMIDAE	30-Jul-2015	ADDED