WoRMS taxon details
original description
Sato-Okoshi, Waka; Okoshi, Kenji; Fujiwara, Yoshihiro. (2015). A new species of Protodrilus (Annelida, Protodrilidae), covering bone surfaces bright red, in whale-fall ecosystems in the Northwest Pacific. <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 229(2), 209-219., available online at http://www.biolbull.org/content/229/2/209.abstract page(s): 211 [details]
additional source
Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 167-213., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/georgieva-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-167213/ page(s): 199, figure 24; note: Specimens recorded as Protodrilus cf. puniceus are reported from a whale skull & vertebrae off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m.... Specimens recorded as Protodrilus cf. puniceus are reported from a whale skull & vertebrae off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m. Molecular data is presented.
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NSMT NSMT-Pol H-598, geounit Kyushu [details]
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Etymology Authors: 'puniceus' derives from the Latin for pink and tan colors, originating from its conspicuous color when alive. [details]
Type locality off Cape Nomamisaki, Kyushu, Japan, 31.3086, 129.9794 219-254 m, on whale-fall sperm whale bones [details]
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