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Imajima, Minoru. (2001). Deep-sea benthic polychaetous annelids of Tosa Bay, southwestern Japan. National Science Museum Monographs. 20: 31-100.
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Imajima, Minoru
2001
Deep-sea benthic polychaetous annelids of Tosa Bay, southwestern Japan
National Science Museum Monographs
20: 31-100
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Not known to be available online, except here.
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A total of 96 species and four indeterminable species in 35 families of polychaetous annelids are reported from 68 otter trawl samples collected from Tosa Bay. Seven species or subspecis are new to science: Aphrodita macroculata and Aphrodita tosaensis (Aphroditidae), Phyllodoce lineata tosaensis (Phyllodocidae), Euphrosine tosaensis (Euphrosinidae), Eranno tosaensis (Lumbrineridae), Asychis tosaensis (Maldanidae) and Melinnexis tetradentata (Ampharetidae). Five species are new to the Japanese polychaetous fauna: Pholoides dorsipapillatus {Pholoidae), Leanira caeca (Sigalionidae), Phyllodoce groenlandica (Phyllodocidae), Onuphis eremita parva (Onuphidae) and Travisia kerguelensis intermedia (Opheliidae}. The best-represented families are: Onuphidae (16 species), Maldanidae (11 species), Syllidae (9 species), Aphroditidae, Eunicidae and Serpulidae (5 species each). A description is presented.
Sea of Japan
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Aphrodita macroculata Imajima, 2001 (original description)
Aphrodita tosaensis Imajima, 2001 (original description)
Asychis tosaensis Imajima, 2001 (original description)
Eranno tosaensis Imajima, 2001 (original description)
Euphrosine tosaensis Imajima, 2001 (original description)
Melinnexis tetradentata Imajima, 2001 accepted as Melinnopsis tetradentata (Imajima, 2001) (original description)
Phyllodoce lineata tosaensis Imajima, 2001 (original description)
Holotype NSMT NSMT-Pol.H 436, geounit Japan, identified as Aphrodita macroculata Imajima, 2001
Holotype NSMT NSMT-Pol.H 438, geounit Japan, identified as Aphrodita tosaensis Imajima, 2001
 Etymology

The species is named for the shape of the ocular peduncles [editor: this is evidently a translation error; neither ... [details]

 Type locality

Tosa Bay, Shikoku, western Japan, 33°10.5'N 133°41.3'E-33°09.9'N 133°40.9'E, 621-622 m, Mar 1999 [details]