North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Mesosagitta Tokioka, 1965

AphiaID

105407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105407)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (All species have been synonymized into other genera or are nomina dubia.)

Accepted name

Parasagitta Tokioka, 1965

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sagittidae Claus & Grobben, 1905

Direct children (4)

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Species Mesosagitta decipiens (Fowler, 1905) accepted as Decipisagitta decipiens (Fowler, 1905) (Synonym)
Species Mesosagitta minima (Grassi, 1881) accepted as Parasagitta minima (Grassi, 1881) (Gasmi et al., 2014)
Species Mesosagitta neodecipiens (Tokioka, 1959) accepted as Decipisagitta decipiens (Fowler, 1905) (Synonym)
Species Mesosagitta sibogae (Fowler, 1906) accepted as Decipisagitta sibogae (Fowler, 1906) (Synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. Publications of the Seto Marine Biologcial Laboratory. 12: 335-357., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175381 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2025). Mesosagitta Tokioka, 1965. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105407 on 2026-09-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mesosagitta Tokioka, 1965. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=105407 on 2026-09-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2007-06-14 14:34:21Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-11-18 13:58:23Z

changed

Thuesen, Erik V.

2025-11-29 22:01:33Z

changed

Thuesen, Erik V.

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original description Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. Publications of the Seto Marine Biologcial Laboratory. 12: 335-357., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175381 [details] Available for editors

basis of record van der Land, J.; Kapp, H. (2001). Chaetognatha, 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: pp. 335 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesosagitta)
To Genbank
To ITIS