Polychaeta name details
original description
Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (Polychaetous Annelids) from Japan. V. Syllinae (2). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(4): 253-294., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175446 page(s): 266-268, fig. 55a-o [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 page(s): 121-124 [details]
redescription
Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
San Martín, Guillermo; Aguado, María Teresa; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia. 2014. Revision of the genus Megasyllis (Annelida, Syllidae) with descriptions of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94(02): 331-351 page(s): 347 [details]
Holotype NSMT Pol.H 38, geounit Sea of Japan [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Northern to southern Japan. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet nipponica makes reference to the type locality of the species, Japan (Nippon). [details]
Habitat Intertidal zone. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan. The species was described with base on specimens from several different localities in Japan. Licher (1999) refers "Funadomari u. a. [inter alia], Rebun Island, Japan" as the type locality. [details]
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