WoRMS taxon details
original description
Worsaae, Katrine; Hansen, Malte J.; Axelsen, Oscar; Kakui, Keiichi; Møller, Peter R.; Osborn, Karen J.; Martínez, Alejandro; Gonzalez, Brett C.; Miyamoto, Norio; Fujita, Yoshihisa. (2021). A new cave-dwelling genus and species of Nerillidae (Annelida) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 51(4): 1-18., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12526-021-01199-4 page(s): 9 of 18; note: In coastal anchialine sea cave, Shimoji Island west of Irabu Island (Miyako islands group, Okinawa) [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Authors: "Nipponerilla gen. nov. is diagnosed by a combination of the following morphological characters: nine segments. Body cigar shaped; segments VII–IX reduced in width and length compared to preceding segments. Prostomium with three long cylindrical antennae and a pair of relatively long, straight palps. Compound chaetae in all segments. Gonochoristic; males with two pairs of spermioducts opening ventrally in segments VII and VIII. [details]
Grammatical gender Gender not stated. Nerilla is feminine so it must be feminine also [details]
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English |
“Nippon-usamimi-gokai-zoku” (meaning “Japanese rabbit-ear bristle-worm” in English). |
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