Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Abe, Hirokazu; Hoshino, Osamu; Yamada, Kazuyuki; Ogino, Tetsuya; Kawaida, Shun; Sato-Okoshi, Waka;. (2022). A novel symbiotic relationship between ascidians and a new tunic-boring polychaete (Annelida: Spionidae: Polydora). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5159 (1): 001–022., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5159.1.1 page(s): 7, figures 2-4; note: Akinohama, 34.7868 N, 139.4088 E, Izu-Oshima Island, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NSMT NSMT-Pol H-855, geounit Tokyo Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: Polydora tunicola is "a combination of two Latin words, namely, tunica and -cola (= dweller), which refers to the peculiar tunic-boring habit of the species. The Japanese name Hoyano-poridora is a combination of the Japanese words hoya (=ascidian), no (case particle), and poridora (=Polydora), meaning “Polydora of the ascidian”." [details]
Type locality Akinohama, 34.7868 N, 139.4088 E, Izu-Oshima Island, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, 10m, on ascidian, Polycarpa cf. cryptocarpa kroboja [details]
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