Polychaeta name details
original description
Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 page(s): 151-153, fig. 85a-j [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Watson, C. (2009). A new species of <i>Clavisyllis</i> Knox, 1957 (Polychaeta: Syllidae): a genus with the unusual distribution of New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef, Northern Queensland, Australia. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 25, 79-85., available online at http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=945046650393005;res=IELHSS page(s): 83-84, fig. 4 [details]
Holotype NSMT Pol.R:1410, geounit Japan [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 92-97 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Japan. [details]
Etymology The species was named japonicum as it was the first species of the genus to be found in the Japanese waters. [details]
Habitat Unknown. [details]
Nomenclature Watson (2009) emends the specific epithet to Eurysyllis japonica, in agreement with the gender of the genus (feminine). [details]
Type locality Japan, 3.5 km off SW of Jogashima Islet (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 35.101220º, long. 139.580749º), 92-97 m. [details]
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