Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > 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*	Hartman, 1944	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: bristleworm

Literature

original description	Rasmussen, E. (1973). Systematics and ecology of the Isefjord marine fauna (Denmark). Ophelia. 11(1): 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: 214-231.
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.
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.
redescription	Warren, Lynda M.; Hutchings, Patricia A.; Doyle, Sue. (1994). A revision of the genus Mediomastus Hartman, 1944 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 46(3): 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

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Mediomastus fragilis Rasmussen, 1973. 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:129892