Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea > Order Aphragmophora > Family Sagittidae > Genus Caecosagitta

Caecosagitta macrocephala (Fowler, 1904)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CaecosagittaTokioka, 1965accepted genus name

Species group names

Sagitta macrocephala Fowler, 1904 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: メクラヤムシ

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J.; Kapp, H. (2001). Chaetognatha, 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. 335

additional source

Hernández-Flores, R. M., J. A. McLelland, and E. Suárez-Morales. (2009). Planktonic Chaetognatha of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1165–1171 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College State.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Caecosagitta macrocephala (Fowler, 1904). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105431

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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2008-11-14 by Erik V. Thuesen

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