World Polychaeta Database - Branchipolynoe japonicus (Miura & Hashimoto, 1991)

Polychaeta taxon details

Branchipolynoe japonicus (Miura & Hashimoto, 1991)

AphiaID

1783027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1783027)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Branchipolynoe Pettibone, 1984

Original name

Opisthotrochopodus japonicus Miura & Hashimoto, 1991

Synonymised names

Branchinotogluma japonicus (Miura & Hashimoto, 1991) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Opisthotrochopodus japonicus Miura & Hashimoto, 1991 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Opisthotrochopodus japonicus Miura & Hashimoto, 1991) Miura, Tomoyuki and Hashimoto, Jun 1991. Two new branchiate scale-worms (Polynoidae: Polychaeta) from the hydrothermal vent of the Okinawa Trough and the volcanic seamount off Chichijima Island. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104(1): 166-174. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Kaikata Seamount(s)

type locality contained in Kaikata Seamount(s) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Branchipolynoe japonicus (Miura & Hashimoto, 1991). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1783027 on 2026-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

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2024-12-10 10:16:41Z

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Wilson, Robin

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original description (of Opisthotrochopodus japonicus Miura & Hashimoto, 1991) Miura, Tomoyuki and Hashimoto, Jun 1991. Two new branchiate scale-worms (Polynoidae: Polychaeta) from the hydrothermal vent of the Okinawa Trough and the volcanic seamount off Chichijima Island. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104(1): 166-174. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	ツノダシウロコムシ [from synonym]	[details]

To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Branchinotogluma japonicus (Miura & Hashimoto, 1991))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opisthotrochopodus japonicus Miura & Hashimoto, 1991)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Opisthotrochopodus japonicus Miura & Hashimoto, 1991)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Branchinotogluma japonicus) (from synonym Branchinotogluma japonicus (Miura & Hashimoto, 1991))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Branchinotogluma japonicus (Miura & Hashimoto, 1991))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Opisthotrochopodus japonicus Miura & Hashimoto, 1991)