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

Notomastus aberans Day, 1957

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Notomastus*	M. Sars, 1851	accepted genus name
*Paraleiocapitella*	Thomassin, 1970	generic synonym
*Notomastus (Clistomastus)*	Eisig, 1887	synonym
*Notomastus (Tremomastus)*	Eisig, 1887	synonym

Literature

original description	Day, John H. (1957). The Polychaet Fauna of South Africa. Part 4. New species and records from Natal and Moçambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 14(1): 59-129.
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	Harmelin, Jean-Georges. (1968). Note sur trois Capitellidae (Annélides Polychètes) récoltés en Méditerranée, avec description d'un nouveau genre: Peresiella. Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d' Endoume. 43(59): 253-259.
additional source	Corriero, G., C. Pierri, S. Accoroni, G.Alabiso, G. Bavestrello, E. Barbone, M. Bastianini, A.M. Bazzoni, F. Bernardi Aubry, F. Boero, M.C. Buia, M. Cabrini, E. Camatti, F. Cardone, B. Cataletto, R. Cattaneo Vietti, E. Cecere, T. Cibic, P. Colangelo, A. De Olazabal, G. D'onghia, S. Finotto, N. Fiore, D. Fornasaro, S. Fraschetti, M.C. Gambi, A. Giangrande, C. Gravili, R. Guglielmo, C. Longo, M. Lorenti, A. Lugliè, P. Maiorano, M.G. Mazzocchi, M. Mercurio, F. Mastrototaro, M. Mistri, M. Monti, C. Munari, L. Musco, C. Nonnis-Marzano, B.M. Padedda, F.P. Patti, A. Petrocelli, S. Piraino, G. Portacci, A. Pugnetti, S. Pulina, T. Romagnoli, I. Rosati, D. Sarno, C.T. Satta, N. Sechi, S. Schiaparelli, B. Scipione, L. Sion, A. Terlizzi, V. Tirelli, C. Totti, A. Tursi, N. Ungaro, A. Zingone, V. Zupo & A. Basset. (2015). Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 26(2):392-409.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
additional source	Thomassin, B.A. (1970). Contribution à l'étude des polychètes de la région de Tuléar (S.W. de Madagascar). III. Sur les Capitellidae des sables coralliens. Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d'Endoume. 10: 71-101.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
additional source	Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(1): 215-237.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Notomastus aberans Day, 1957. 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:129894