Deep-Sea taxon details
Anobothrus wakatakamaruae Imajima, 2009
588450 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:588450)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Imajima, Minoru. (2009). Deep-sea Benthic polychaetes off Pacific Coast of the northern Honshu, Japan. <em>National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs.</em> 39: 39–192 [In. T. Fujita (ed.) theme issue, "Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific Coast of northern Japan"].
page(s): 159-161, figs. 59A-F, 60A-L [details] Available for editors
page(s): 159-161, figs. 59A-F, 60A-L [details] Available for editors
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Anobothrus wakatakamaruae Imajima, 2009. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588450 on 2026-04-29
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Anobothrus wakatakamaruae Imajima, 2009. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588450 on 2026-04-29
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Imajima, Minoru. (2009). Deep-sea Benthic polychaetes off Pacific Coast of the northern Honshu, Japan. <em>National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs.</em> 39: 39–192 [In. T. Fujita (ed.) theme issue, "Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific Coast of northern Japan"].
page(s): 159-161, figs. 59A-F, 60A-L [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Imajima, Minoru. (2009). Deep-sea Benthic polychaetes off Pacific Coast of the northern Honshu, Japan. <em>National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs.</em> 39: 39–192 [In. T. Fujita (ed.) theme issue, "Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific Coast of northern Japan"]. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Imajima, Minoru; Reuscher, Michael; Fiege, Dieter. 2013. Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part II: Genera with elevated and modified notopodia. Zootaxa 3647(1): 137–166, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3647.1.7
page(s): 148 [details]
status source Chávez-López, Yessica; Alvestad, Tom; Moore, Jenna M. (2025). A review of Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884, restricted, with reinstatement of Anobothrella Hartman, 1967 and Melythasides Desbruyères, 1978, and redescription of seven species (Annelida, Ampharetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5601(2): 201-245., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5601.2.1
page(s): 230; note: suggested re-validation from former synonymy with Anobothrus paleatus [details] Available for editors
page(s): 159-161, figs. 59A-F, 60A-L [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Imajima, Minoru. (2009). Deep-sea Benthic polychaetes off Pacific Coast of the northern Honshu, Japan. <em>National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs.</em> 39: 39–192 [In. T. Fujita (ed.) theme issue, "Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific Coast of northern Japan"]. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Imajima, Minoru; Reuscher, Michael; Fiege, Dieter. 2013. Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part II: Genera with elevated and modified notopodia. Zootaxa 3647(1): 137–166, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3647.1.7
page(s): 148 [details]
status source Chávez-López, Yessica; Alvestad, Tom; Moore, Jenna M. (2025). A review of Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884, restricted, with reinstatement of Anobothrella Hartman, 1967 and Melythasides Desbruyères, 1978, and redescription of seven species (Annelida, Ampharetidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5601(2): 201-245., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5601.2.1
page(s): 230; note: suggested re-validation from former synonymy with Anobothrus paleatus [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Chávez-López et al. (2025) reject the synonymy of Anobothrus wakatakamaruae Imajima, 2009 to A paleatus Hilbig, 2000. They state that "Imajima et al. (2013: 148) proposed these synonymies based on the presence of four pairs of branchiae, a dorsal ridge in TU9, and papillated tentacles. However, we do not agree with this proposal. In Hilbig’s (2000) original description of A. paleatus (from California, 492 m depth) no details about the tentacular morphology were provided. Upon examining some type specimens of A. paleatus, the presence of smooth rather than papillate tentacles was observed. Beyond the tentacles, other morphological characteristics distinguish these three species. Anobothrus wakatamaruae differs from A. paleatus by having two dorsal bands on two anterior thoracic uncinigers (TU2, TU3), thoracic uncini with 6–7 denticles in lateral view, and pygidium with a pair of long lateral cirri (Imajima 2009). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ワカタカカザリゴカイ | [details] |
