Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Miura, Tomoyuki. (1988). A new species of the genus <i>Protomystides</i> (Annelida, Polychaeta) associated with a vestimentiferan worm from the Hatsushima cold-seep site. <em>The Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.</em> 38: 10-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.19004/pjssz.38.0_10 page(s): 10-13, fig. 1, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
biology source
Kobayashi, Genki; Kojima, Shigeaki. (2017). First record of <i>Protomystides hatsushimaensis</i> (Annelida: Phyllodocidae) inhabiting vacant tubes of vestimentiferan tubeworms. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 10:25 (4 pp.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-017-0127-9 page(s): 2-3, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NSMT, geounit Hatsushima [details]
Paratype USNM 120916, geounit Hatsushima [details]
Paratype USNM 120917, geounit Hatsushima [details]
Paratype USNM 120918, geounit Hatsushima [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1052-1140 m. [details]
Distribution Northwestern Pacific Ocean: Hatsushima cold-seep site (Sagami Bay, Japan), and North Iheya Knoll (Okinawa Through). [details]
Etymology ''The specific name is derived from the type locality, the Hatsushima cold-seep site'' (Miura, 1988: 13). [details]
Habitat Deep-sea cold-seep sites, attached to the distal end of tubes of the vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia sagami Kobayashi, Miura, Kojima, 2015, and hydrothermal vents, inside empty tubes of the vestimentiferanAlaysia sp. [details]
Type locality Hatsushima cold-seep site, off Hatsushima Island, Sagami Bay, Japan, Pacific Ocean (35°00'N, 139°14'E), 1140 m. [details]
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