Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Capitellidae > Genus Mediomastus

Mediomastus fragilis Rasmussen, 1973

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mediomastus*	Hartmann, 1944	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Rasmussen, E., 1973. Systematics and ecology of the Isefjord marine fauna (Denmark). With a survey of the Eelgrass (Zostera) vegetations and its communities. Ophelia 11 1-2: 1-507.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231
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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.
redescription	Warren, Lynda M., Hutchings, Patricia A., and Doyle, S. 1994. A revision of the genus Mediomastus Hartman, 1944 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 46: 227-256.
redescription	Warren, L. M. 1979. Mediomastus fragilis Rasmussen (Polychaeta: Capitellidae), a Species Newly Recorded from British Waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 59(3): 757-760.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelid Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Mediomastus fragilis Rasmussen, 1973. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129892