WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Kitamori, Ryonosuke. (1960). Description of two new species of Pilargiidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Seto-Inland-Sea. <em>Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries.</em> 26(11): 1086-1090., available online at https://doi.org/10.2331/suisan.26.1086 page(s): 1086-1088, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Pettibone, Marian H. (1966). Revision of the Pilargidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including descriptions of new species, and redescription of the pelagic <i>Podarmus ploa</i> Chamberlain (Polynoidae). <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 118(3525): 155-207., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7759547 page(s): 181; note: as Sigambra hanaokai [details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomysource of synonymy
Licher, Frank; Westheide, Wilfried. (1997). Review of the genus <i>Sigambra</i> (Polychaeta: Hesionidae), redescription of <i>S. bassi</i> (Hartman, 1947), and descriptions of two new species from Thailand and China. <em>Steenstrupia.</em> 23: 1-20. page(s): 4-6; note: repeated prior synonymy to Sigambra tentaculata (Treadwell, 1941) by Tamai (1987) [details]
source of synonymy
Tamai, Kyoichi. (1987). Preliminary study on <i>Sigambra tentaculata</i> (Polychaeta: Pilargidae). <em>Benthos Research.</em> 31: 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.5179/benthos1981.1987.1 page(s): 1, 3; note: with Sigambra tentaculata (Treadwell, 1941) [details] Available for editors [request]
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Depth range Not stated, "Coastal bottom" (Kitamori, 1960: 1086). [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Japan (Seto Inland Sea; Matsushima Bay; Minamata Bay; Tokyo Bay; Yatsushiro Bay). [details]
Etymology "It is an expression of the author's gratitude to dedicate this specis to Dr. Tasuku Hanaoka [Director of the Inland Sea Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory]" (Kitamori, 1960: 1088). [details]
Habitat "Coastal bottom" (Kitamori, 1960: 1086). [details]
Taxonomy Moved to genus Sigambra by Pettibone (1966), later synonymised with Sigambra tentaculata (Treadwell, 1941) by Tamai (1987) and Licher & Westheide (1997), and finally reinstated as Sigambra hanaokai by Nishi et al. (2007). [details]
Type locality Seto Island Sea, Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 34.2°, 133.4°). [details]
Type material "Dr. T. Numaguch kindly informed us [about] the current status of Kitamori’s specimens: unfortunately, many specimens that were probably deposited in the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Station (now the Central Fisheries Research Station) were lost during the move of the station from Tokyo to Yokohama, and there are no polychaete specimens deposited in the station (T. Numaguchi, Yokosuka Branch of the institution, personal communication in lit., February 2000)" (Nishi el al., 2007: 58). [details]
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