WoRMS taxon details
original description
Imajima, Minoru & Hartman, Olga. (1964). The polychaetous annelids of Japan. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 26(1-2): 1-452 [issued in 2 parts]., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/18946 page(s): 108-110, plate 24 figs. a-i [details]
new combination reference
Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (polychaetous annelids) from Japan. III. Eusyllinae. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(2): 85-116., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175434 page(s): 88-89 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X page(s): 38-40 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Littoral to 140 m. [details]
Distribution North Japan. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet japonica makes reference to the type locality of the species, Japan. [details]
Taxonomy The species was moved to the genus Dioplosyllis Gidholm, 1962 by Imajima (1966), but reinstated in the genus Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 by Aguado & San Martín (2008). [details]
Type locality Off Shirikishinai, Hokkaido, Japan, Pacific Ocean (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be lat. 41.75º, long. 141.0833333º). [details]
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