WoRMS taxon details
original description
Purschke, G.; Ding, Z.; Müller, M.C. (1995). Ultrastructural differences as a taxonomic marker: the segmental ocelli of <i>Polyophthalmus pictus</i> and <i>Polyophthalmus qingdaoensis</i> sp.n. (Polychaeta, Opheliidae). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 115(4): 229-241., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00393803 page(s): 239-240, figs. 1A-B, 2A, 3D-E, 4A-B, 5A-B, 7A-E [details]
additional source
Choi, Hyun Ki; Jung, Tae Won; Yoon, Seong Myeong. (2015). New record of two opheliid polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Korea. <em>Korean Journal of Environmental Biology.</em> 33(2): 94-104., available online at http://doi.org/10.11626/kjeb.2015.33.2.098 page(s): 101-103, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMH P-22081, geounit Qingdao [details]
Nontype NIBR NIBRIV0000307838, geounit Jeju Island [details]
Nontype NIBR NIBRIV0000307838, geounit Sea of Japan/East Sea [details]
Paratype USNM 170007, geounit Qingdao [details]
Paratype ZMH P-22082, geounit Qingdao [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Littoral. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Yellow Sea (Qingdao, China; Jeju Island, South Korea); Sea of Japan (South Korean coast). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet qingdaoensis refers to the type locality of the species, Qingdao (China, Yellow Sea). [details]
Habitat In littoral crusts of algae and sponges, on rocky grounds. [details]
Specimen The material with the collection number NIBRIV0000307838 and deposited in the collections of the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), in South Korea, has its origin in 2 different stations, in spite of the same collection number. [details]
Type locality Littoral area near Qingdao Pier, Qingdao, People's Republic of China, Yellow Sea, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 36.0614º, 120.3143º), in crusts of the alga Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze, 1880 and the sponge Haliclona sp. [details]
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