Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Jimi, Naoto; Hookabe, Natsumi; Moritaki, Takeya; Kimura, Taeko; Imura, Satoshi. (2021). First evidence of male dwarfism in scale worms: A new species of Polynoidae (Annelida) from hermit crab and molluscan shells. <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> efirst (29 March, 2021)., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzs.12463 page(s): 5-11, figures 1-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NSMT Pol H-832, geounit North Pacific [details]
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Etymology The species name derives from the Japanese fairy tale “Issun boushi” [details]
Type locality Commensal in shell of Microfusus magnifica occupied by Parapagurodes doederleini, the Kumano Sea, offshore Eastern Honshu, Japan (34°01′10″N, 136°23′10″E), 280 m depth [details]
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