Notomastus americanus Day, 1973

Garcia-Garza, Maria Elena & Leon-Gonzalez, Jesus Angel De, 2011, Review of the Capitellidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific region, with notes on selected species, ZooKeys 151, pp. 17-52 : 29-30

Notomastus americanus Day, 1973

Notomastus americanus Day, 1973: 100, fig. 131; Ewing 1984a: 14.31, figs 14.25, 14.26 a–d; Hernández-Alcántara and Solís-Weiss 1993: 1034; 1998: 710; 1999: 27.

Type locality.

North Carolina, Beaufort, June 4 1965.

Type material.

Holtype (USNM 43118) and 14 Paratypes ( USNM– 43119).

Material examined.

(57 specimens),Baja California: Punta Willard, Stn. 34 [30 11.5N, 114 31.7'W] (1 specimen), 32.2 m, 15 March 1985; Rocks Consag, Stn. 39 [30°59.4"N, 114°04.1"W] (12 specimens), 106.4 m, March 16 1985, silty sand; Baja California Sur: Santa Inés Bay, Stn. 49 [26°59.6'N, 111°50.4'W] (3 specimens), 100 m, March 19 198; Sonora: Punta Arboleada, Stn. 14 [26°46.6'N, 110°06.7'W] (8 specimens), 92 m, March 12 1985; Stn. 15 [26°51.1'N, 110°06.5'W] (13 specimens), 48.8 m, March 12 1985; Cabo Tepoca, Stn. 44 [30°02.4'N, 112°55.4'W] (9 specimens), 100 m, March 17 1985, Sinaloa: Santa María Bay, Sta. 3 [25°02.4'N, 108°31.7'W] (1 specimen), 32 m, March 10 1985; Stn. 4 [24°56.9'N, 108°31.7'W] (4 specimens), 79m March 10 1985; Río Fuerte, Stn. 50, [25°46.8'N, 109°35.4'W] (4 specimens), 97 m March 20 1985; Stn. 51 [25°42.1'N, 109°30.6'W] (2 specimens), 49.5 m March 20 1985, Coll. PHA.

Records.

USA: North Carolina ( Day 1973, Ewing 1984).

Remarks.

Notomastus americanus Day 1973 was described from North Carolina and reported by ( Hernández-Alcántara and Solís-Weiss (1993, 1998, 1999) from the Gulf of California. Following examination of the Mexican specimens, they were found to belong instead to the species Notomastus hemipodus Hartman, 1945.