WoRMS taxon details
Ophryotrocha urbis Jimi, Taru & Imura, 2019
1390789 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1390789)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Jimi, Naoto; Taru, Masanori; Imura, Satoshi. (2019). Life in the city: a new scavenger species of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) from Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 132(1): 131-140., available online at https://bioone.org/journals/Proceedings-of-the-Biological-Society-of-Washington/volume-132/issue-1/19-00006/Life-in-the-city--a-new-scavenger-species-of/10.2988/19-00006.full
page(s): 132; note: Odaiba, Tokyo Bay [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 132; note: Odaiba, Tokyo Bay [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NSMT NSMTPol H-785, geounit Tokyo Bay
, Note Obaida marine park, Tokyo Bay, Japan, approx...
Holotype NSMT NSMTPol H-785, geounit Tokyo Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Obaida marine park, Tokyo Bay, Japan, approx 35.631 N, 139.774 E, with the geolocation as published in serious error (misstated as 34 deg 0.9920' N, 136 deg 27.7200' E), 3 m [details]
Etymology Noun in genitive. Authors: Ophryotrocha urbis "derives from Latin word urbs ( ‘‘city’’ in English). The collection...
Etymology Noun in genitive. Authors: Ophryotrocha urbis "derives from Latin word urbs ( ‘‘city’’ in English). The collection locality, Odaiba, is famous in Tokyo as a metropolis. The specific name is a noun in the genitive case." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Ophryotrocha urbis Jimi, Taru & Imura, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1390789 on 2024-04-17
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original description
Jimi, Naoto; Taru, Masanori; Imura, Satoshi. (2019). Life in the city: a new scavenger species of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Dorvilleidae) from Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 132(1): 131-140., available online at https://bioone.org/journals/Proceedings-of-the-Biological-Society-of-Washington/volume-132/issue-1/19-00006/Life-in-the-city--a-new-scavenger-species-of/10.2988/19-00006.full
page(s): 132; note: Odaiba, Tokyo Bay [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 132; note: Odaiba, Tokyo Bay [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NSMT NSMTPol H-785, geounit Tokyo Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology Ophryotrocha urbis is presently known as a scavenger or carrion feeder as the worms were only collected from dead animals, Ciona sp. (tunicata), and Hemitrygon akajei (Stingray). [details]Etymology Noun in genitive. Authors: Ophryotrocha urbis "derives from Latin word urbs ( ‘‘city’’ in English). The collection locality, Odaiba, is famous in Tokyo as a metropolis. The specific name is a noun in the genitive case." [details]
Type locality Obaida marine park, Tokyo Bay, Japan, approx 35.631 N, 139.774 E, with the geolocation as published in serious error (misstated as 34 deg 0.9920' N, 136 deg 27.7200' E), 3 m [details]
Language | Name | |
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Japanese | namiuchi-komochikoisome | [details] |