Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Family Chaetopteridae

Mesochaetopterus Potts, 1914

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ranzania*	Claparède, 1870	junior homonym

Children

Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, 1914
Mesochaetopterus sagittarius (Claparède, 1870)

Literature

original description	Potts, Frank 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. 84(4): 955-994, plates I-VI.
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: 214-231.
additional source	Nishi, Eijiroh. (1999). Redescription of Mesochaetopterus selangolus [sic] (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae), based on type specimens from Morib Beach, Malaysia. Pacific Science. 53(1): 24-36.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
identification resource	Martin, Daniel; Mecca, Marika; Meca, Miguel A.; van Moorsel, Godfried; Romano, Chiara. (2022). Citizen science and integrative taxonomy reveal a great diversity within Caribbean Chaetopteridae (Annelida), with the description of one new species. Invertebrate Systematics. 36(7): 581.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Mesochaetopterus Potts, 1914. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129230