World Register of Deep-Sea species - Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851

WoRMS taxon details

Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851

Notomastus latericeus M. Sars, 1851

AphiaID

129898 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129898)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Notomastus M. Sars, 1851

Parent

Notomastus M. Sars, 1851

Original name

Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851

Synonymised names

Arenia cruenta Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Arenia fragilis Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Capitella rubicunda Keferstein, 1862 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Notomastus (Tremomastus) benedeni Claparède, 1864 · unaccepted (rank variant of subjective synonym)

Notomastus (Tremomastus) fertilis Eisig, 1887 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Notomastus benedeni Claparède, 1864 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Notomastus rubicundus (Keferstein, 1862) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Sandanis rubicundus (Keferstein, 1862) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 199-200 [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Simple bristle worm without distinct appendages. The body is relatively long (up to 300 mm) and is
separated into a...

Description Simple bristle worm without distinct appendages. The body is relatively long (up to 300 mm) and is
separated into a relatively thick, cylindrical anterior end coloured purple to dark red and a thinner
bright red or yellowish posterior end. The head is short and conical. The species lives in a spiralled burrow. [details]

Distribution Notomastus latericeus has a relatively low frequency of occurrence, but is found across the entire Belgian part of the...

Distribution Notomastus latericeus has a relatively low frequency of occurrence, but is found across the entire Belgian part of the North Sea. The species is almost completely (1976-1986 period) or even completely absent (1994-2001 period) in the eastern coastal zone only. In the 1976-1986 period densities remained below 100 ind./m2 whereas densities up to approximately 600 ind./m2 were recorded in the 1994-2001 period. [details]

Distribution This species is quite common at the Oyster Ground. N. latericeus also occurs at a few locations in the south-western part...

Distribution This species is quite common at the Oyster Ground. N. latericeus also occurs at a few locations in the south-western part of the Southern Bight, near the coast and in the marine part of the Delta area. [details]

Distribution Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape...

Distribution Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Cobscook Bay [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129898 on 2025-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan, Gérard

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 199-200 [details]

original description (of Arenia cruenta Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 250-251, plate 11 figs. 16-23 [details]

original description (of Arenia fragilis Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 251-252, plate 11 figs. 24-27 [details]

original description (of Capitella rubicunda Keferstein, 1862) Keferstein, W. (1862). Untersuchungen über niedere Seethiere. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 12(1): 1–147 plates 1–11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44977773
page(s): 123-126, plate XI figs. 7-18 [details]

original description (of Notomastus benedeni Claparède, 1864) Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 514-516, plate IV fig. 9 [details]

original description (of Notomastus (Tremomastus) fertilis Eisig, 1887) Eisig, H. 1887. Monographie der Capitelliden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden meeres-abschnitte nebst untersuchungen zur vergleichenden anatomie und physiologie. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, 16: xxvi + 906 pp. + 37 plates., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7348 [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unknown type, geounit Norway [details]

Unreviewed

Authority M. Sars, 1850 [details]

Biology Pelagic larvae have been found in December, February and April, whereas settling has been observed in August-October. The settling larvae prefer mud and sand above clean shell gravel and are not very tolerant to low salinities.

N. latericeus is tubicolous as a juvenile, but free-living when adult. Adult specimens build partially spiralled burrows that maintain integrity for some time after construction, but lack a distinct wall structure. Capitellids are mentioned to be non-selective deposit feeders, although N. latericeus may prove to be more selective as suggested by its gut contents. The species is recorded living as a commensal with the entoproct Loxosoma singulare (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Wolff, 1973; Fauchald & Jumars, 1979). [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat Notomastus latericeus has no clear preference for a specific median grain size: the habitat preference appears to be mainly determined by the mud content. Sediments with a mud content of 0 to 50% are suitable for N. latericeus, but the species displays a preference for sediments with a mud content of 10-30% (relative occurrence: > 50%). [details]

Habitat In the study area N. latericeus shows a clear preference for fine muddy sand. In the southernmost part of the Southern Bight the species is found in coarse sand. [details]

Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Morphology Like most members of the Capitellidae this is a species with a simple, smooth body, lacking any appendages other than short chaetae. The head is short, triangular and smooth. The species has an eversible sac-like pharynx. The body is relatively long, up to 150 mm, and made up of 150 segments, which are of two types and divided over two body regions. The anterior region is relatively thick, cylindrical and purple or dark red. The tail region is more slender and bright red or yellowish (Hartmann-Schröder, 1971; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). [details]

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