Species Mesosagitta minima (Grassi, 1881)

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Species Mesosagitta minima (Grassi, 1881)

Sagitta minima Grassi, G.B. 1881. I Chetognati. Fauna Flora Golfo Neapel Monografie V. Leipzig : W. Engelman 126 pp.
Type data:
Status unknown, Bay of Naples, Italy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal between 40°N and 40°S.

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

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), 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: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, Tas. Coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Epipelagic.

Body length

5-11 mm

General References

Johnston, T.H. & Taylor, B.B. 1919. Notes on Australian Chaetognath. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 31: 28-41 [32] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Sagitta minima)

Ritter-Záhony, R. von 1910. Chaetognatha. pp. 123-126 in Michaelsen, W. (ed.). Die Fauna Südwest Australiens. unknown : Johann Wilhelm Vol. 3. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Sagitta minima)

Thomson, J.M. 1947. The Chaetognatha of South-Eastern Australia. Bulletin of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia 222: 1-43 [19] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Sagitta minima)

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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