WoRMS taxon details
Pherusa nipponica Salazar-Vallejo, 2014
1033402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1033402)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2014). Revision of Pherusa Oken, 1807 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3886(1): 1-61., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3886%281%29.html
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Holotype CMNH 305, geounit Tokyo Bay
, Note Hota, Karaya, Uchibo, Tokyo Bay, no...
Holotype CMNH 305, geounit Tokyo Bay [details]
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Type locality Hota, Karaya, Uchibo, Tokyo Bay, no geocoordinates recorded but a gazetteer location for Tokyo Bay is 35.4167°, 139.7667° [details]
Etymology author: "from the original name of the country, Nippon, with a suffix to fit the gender of the generic name, meaning Japanese."
Etymology author: "from the original name of the country, Nippon, with a suffix to fit the gender of the generic name, meaning Japanese." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Pherusa nipponica Salazar-Vallejo, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1033402 on 2026-06-09
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Nomenclature
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Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2014). Revision of Pherusa Oken, 1807 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3886(1): 1-61., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3886%281%29.html
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype CMNH 305, geounit Tokyo Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology author: "from the original name of the country, Nippon, with a suffix to fit the gender of the generic name, meaning Japanese." [details]Type locality Hota, Karaya, Uchibo, Tokyo Bay, no geocoordinates recorded but a gazetteer location for Tokyo Bay is 35.4167°, 139.7667° [details]
Type specimen CMNH 305. There is no type deposition statement. The museum acronym CMNH is not listed by the author but is assumed to be that for Chiba museum [details]
