WoRMS taxon details
NomenclatureTaxonomystatus source
Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X page(s): 38-40 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Littoral to 140 m. [details]
Distribution North Japan. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet japonica makes reference to the type locality of the species, Japan. [details]
Taxonomy The species was moved to the genus Dioplosyllis Gidholm, 1962 by Imajima (1966), but reinstated in the genus Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 by Aguado & San Martín (2008). [details]
Type locality Off Shirikishinai, Hokkaido, Japan, Pacific Ocean (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be lat. 41.75º, long. 141.0833333º). [details]
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