original description
Heath, Harold. (1930). A connecting link between the Annelida and the Echiuroidea (Gephyrea armata). <em>Journal of Morphology.</em> 49(1): 223-249., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.1050490106 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source
Hartman, Olga. (1955). Endemism in the North Pacific Ocean, with emphasis on the distribution of marine annelids, and descriptions of new or little known species. pp. 39-60. In: Allan, Hancock Foundation (Ed.). <em>Essays in the Natural Sciences in Honor of Captain Allan Hancock on the occasion of his birthday July 26, 1955.</em> Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5227326
page(s): 52-54, plate 1 fig. 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Burnette, Adriene B.; Struck, Torsten H.; Halanych, Kenneth M. (2005). Holopelagic <i>Poeobius meseres</i> (Poeobiidae, Annelida) is derived from benthic flabelligerid worms. <em>The Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole).</em> 208(3): 213-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3593153 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2008). Review of <i>Poeobius meseres</i> Heath, 1930 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 49(2): 191-200., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.6FB6F3A2 [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source
Seid, Charlotte A.; Lindsay, Dhugal J.; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). A new southern record of the holopelagic annelid Poeobius meseres Heath, 1930 (Flabelligeridae). <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 8 (e58655): 1-12., available online at https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/58655/list/9/ [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source
McGowan, J. A. (1960). The relationship of the distribution of the planktonic worm, Poeobius meseres Heath, to the water masses of the North Pacific. <em>Deep Sea Research.</em> 6(2): 125-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0146-6313(59)90064-4
note: distribution for North Pacific Ocean & reports a few Poeobius records for the Southern Hemisphere, off Ecuador, about 3-4 degrees South of the equator [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source
Uttal, L. & K.R. Buck. (1996). Dietary study of the midwater polychaete Poeobius meseres in Monterey Bay, California. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 125 (2): 333-343., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00346314 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Heath gives an etymology for genus & species from Greek, and 'meseres' he says means intermediate. [details]From other sources
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Monterey Bay, California [details]