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Capaccioni-Azzati, Romana; Martin, Daniel. (1992). Pseudomastus deltaicus gen. et sp.n. (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from a shallow water bay in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea. Zoologica Scripta. 21(3): 247-250.
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10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00328.x [view]
Capaccioni-Azzati, Romana; Martin, Daniel
1992
<i>Pseudomastus deltaicus</i> gen. et sp.n. (Polychaeta: Capitellidae) from a shallow water bay in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea.
Zoologica Scripta
21(3): 247-250
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
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Specimens of Pseudomastus deltaicus gen. et sp.n. (Capitellidae), were collected from muddy bottoms in Els Alfacs Bay (Ebre Delta), a semi-enclosed shallow water area. The main diagnostic characteristics are the possession of 12 thoracic setigers, of which the first 10 have only capillary setae and the last two have capillary notosetae and neuropodial hooded hooks, and presence of branchiae in the abdominal region. Pygidium bearing three anal cirri.
Mediterranean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Pseudoleiocapitella fauveli Harmelin, 1964 (taxonomy source)
Pseudomastus Capaccioni-Azzati & Martin, 1992 accepted as Leiochrides Augener, 1914 (original description)
Pseudomastus deltaicus Capaccioni-Azzati & Martin, 1992 accepted as Leiochrides deltaicus (Capaccioni-Azzati & Martin, 1992) (original description)
Pseudomastus Capaccioni-Azzati & Martin, 1992 accepted as Leiochrides Augener, 1914 (original description)
Pseudomastus deltaicus Capaccioni-Azzati & Martin, 1992 accepted as Leiochrides deltaicus (Capaccioni-Azzati & Martin, 1992) (original description)
Type locality
Els Alfacs Bay, Ebre Delta, Tarragona, Spain, geolocation approximate 40.7239° 0.8636°, 6 m [details]