Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (polychaetous annelids) from Japan. IV. Syllinae (1). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(3): 219-252., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175436 page(s): 226-228, fig. 40a-p [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
San Martín, G.; Hutchings Pat, A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia. Part. 2. Genera <i>Inermosyllis</i>, <i>Megasyllis</i> n. gen., <i>Opisthosyllis</i>, and <i>Trypanosyllis</i>. Zootaxa 1840: 1-53 page(s): 26, figs. 17C-F, 18A-I, 19A-F, 20A [details]
Holotype NSMT, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Depth range Intertidal and shallow depths. [details]
Distribution Central and Southern Japan; Australia (Western Australia). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet japonica makes reference to the type locality of the species, Japan. [details]
Habitat Sand, algae, coralline concretions, ascidians. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan. Pacific Ocean, Japan. The species was described with base on specimens from three different localities, Mukaishima and Noto-ogi, at Honshu, and Usa, at Shikoku. However the original description does not refer which of them is the type locality. [details]
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