Mesochaetopterus

Mesochaetopterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Family:	Chaetopteridae
Genus:	Mesochaetopterus Potts, 1914

Mesochaetopterus is a genus of marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Chaetopteridae. ^[1]

Species

The following species are assigned to this genus: ^[2]

• Mesochaetopterus alipes Monro, 1928
• Mesochaetopterus capensis (McIntosh, 1885)
• Mesochaetopterus crypticus Ben-Eliahu, 1976
• Mesochaetopterus ecuadorica Nishi, Hickman & Bailey-Brock, 2009 ^[3]
• Mesochaetopterus formosana Nishi & Hsieh, 2009
• Mesochaetopterus japonicus Fujiwara, 1934
• Mesochaetopterus laevis Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
• Mesochaetopterus malayensis (Caullery, 1944)
• Mesochaetopterus mexicanus Kudenov, 1975
• Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, 1914
• Mesochaetopterus rickettsii Berkeley & Berkeley, 1941
• Mesochaetopterus rogeri Martin, Gil, Carreras-Carbonell & Bhaud, 2008
• Mesochaetopterus sagittarius (Claparède, 1870)
• Mesochaetopterus selangorus (Rullier, 1976)
• Mesochaetopterus stinapa Martin, Mecca, Meca, van Moorsel & Romano, 2022
• Mesochaetopterus taylori Potts, 1914
• Mesochaetopterus tingkokensis Zang, Rouse & Qui, 2015
• Mesochaetopterus xejubus Petersen & Fanta, 1969
• Mesochaetopterus xerecus Petersen & Fanta, 1969

References

1. Potts, Frank A. (1914). "Polychaeta from the N.E. Pacific: The Chaetopteridae. With an account of the phenomenon of asexual reproduction in Phyllochaetopterus and the description of two new species of Chaetopteridae from the Atlantic". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 84 (4). London: Academic Press, [etc.]: 955–994, plates I-VI. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1914.tb07722.x.
2. WoRMS. "Mesochaetopterus Potts, 1914". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2025-08-09.
3. Nishi E, Hickman Jr CP, Bailey-Brock J. 2009. Chaetopterus and Mesochaetopterus (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia158 (1):239-259