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Name

Miura, Tomoyuki. (1988). A new species of the genus Protomystides (Annelida, Polychaeta) associated with a vestimentiferan worm from the Hatsushima cold-seep site. The Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology. 38: 10-14.

SourceID

51048

DOI

10.19004/pjssz.38.0_10 [view]

Authors

Miura, Tomoyuki

Year

1988

Title

A new species of the genus <i>Protomystides</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta) associated with a vestimentiferan worm from the Hatsushima cold-seep site

Journal

The Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

Suffix

38: 10-14

Type

Publication

Link

https://doi.org/10.19004/pjssz.38.0_10

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Abstract

A new species of phyllodocid polychaete, Protomystides hatsushimaensis, is described. It was associated with a vestimentiferan worm collected at the Hatsushima cold-seep site in Sagami Bay at a depth of 1,140m. The new species is characterized by the aristatelike short blades of compound spingers.

Geographical term

Japan

Bibliographical terms

Hydrothermal vents, Cold seeps
Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988 (original description)

Holotype NSMT, geounit Hatsushima, identified as Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988
Paratype USNM 120916, geounit Hatsushima, identified as Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988
Paratype USNM 120917, geounit Hatsushima, identified as Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988
Paratype USNM 120918, geounit Hatsushima, identified as Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988

Depth range

for Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988

1052-1140 m. [details]

Distribution

for Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988

Northwestern Pacific Ocean: Hatsushima cold-seep site (Sagami Bay, Japan), and North Iheya Knoll (Okinawa Through). [details]

Etymology

for Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988

''The specific name is derived from the type locality, the Hatsushima cold-seep site'' (Miura, 1988: 13). [details]

Habitat

for Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988

Deep-sea cold-seep sites, attached to the distal end of tubes of the vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia sagami ... [details]

Type locality

for Protomystides hatsushimaensis Miura, 1988

Hatsushima cold-seep site, off Hatsushima Island, Sagami Bay, Japan, Pacific Ocean (35°00'N, 139°14'E), 1140 m. [details]