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Notomastus Sars 1851

Description

Genus Notomastus Sars, 1851

Type species: Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851 by monotypy.

Diagnosis (after Green, 2002). Thorax with 12 segments including an achaetous peristomium and 11 chaetigers with capillary chaetae. Last thoracic chaetiger may or may not have capillary chaetae in neuropodia. Remaining chaetigers with hooded hooks. Hooded hooks with one or more rows of teeth above main fang; more than two teeth in basal row. Branchiae may be present or absent.

Remarks. The definition of Notomastus has changed to include other genera with eleven thoracic chaetigers and hooded hooks in the neuropodia of the last thoracic chaetigers (Ewing 1982; Blake 2000). Green (2002) separates Notomastus species from the Capitellethus-Leiochrides-Leiocapitella complex based on the number of spinules/hooks in the basal row of the hooks. We follow this perspective as a revision of species and genera has not been done using SEM to clarify their affinities.

Notes

Published as part of Magalhães, Wagner F. & Bailey-Brock, Julie H., 2012, Capitellidae Grube, 1862 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Hawaiian Islands with description of two new species, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 3581 on page 35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215310

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Capitellidae
Genus
Notomastus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Sars
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Notomastus Sars, 1851 sec. Magalhães & Bailey-Brock, 2012

References

  • Sars, M. (1851) Beretning om en i Sommeren 1849 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magasin for Naturvidenskapene, 6, 121 - 211.
  • Green, K. D. (2002) Capitellidae (Polychaeta) from the Andaman Sea. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication, 24, 249 - 343.
  • Ewing, R. M. (1982) A partial revision of the genus Notomastus (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) with a description of a new species from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 95, 232 - 237.
  • Blake, J. A. (2000) Family Capitellidae Grube, 1862. In: Blake, J. A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P. V. (Eds). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 7 - The Annelida Part 4. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California, pp. 47 - 96.