Polychaeta name details
original description
Moore, J.P. (1903). Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 55: 401-490, plates XXIII-XXVII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26315239 page(s): 478; note: no figures [details]
status source
Imajima, Minoru; Williams, Susan J. (1985). Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta) chiefly from the Sagami and Suruga Bays, collected by the R/V <i>Tansei-Maru</i> (cruises KT-65~76). <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Series A (Zoology).</em> 11(1): 7-18., available online at https://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/publication/zoology/download/11_1/BNSM110102.pdf page(s): 10-11, fig. 2d-f; note: rank change from subspecies to species [details] Available for editors [request]
Syntype ANSP 1005, geounit Sagami Bay [details]
Syntype USNM 15741, geounit Sagami Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 172-474 m. [details]
Description Original description by Moore (1903: 478): "All of the specimens of Terebellides taken in Sagami Bay differ from the typical variety in having a much smaller number of prostomial tentacles and wider margins to the slender setae. They have a length up to 70 mm. The proportions of the gill lobes vary considerably; and in one example from [station] 3,704, the posterior lobes are undeveloped." [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Sagami Bay (Honshu Island, Japan). [details]
Etymology Not stated in the original description. The subspecific epithet japonica refers to the type locality of the subspecies, Japan. [details]
Habitat Stones, volcanic ash and volcanic sand, fine sand, and mud, at shelf to slope depths. [details]
Syntype Syntypes deposited at: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (USNM 15741); Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, USA (ANSP 1005). [details]
Taxonomy Status changed. [details]
Type locality Tsuragi Saki Light, S.80d, W. 4.3 M, Sagami Bay, Honshu Island, Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 35.25°, 139.4167°). [details]
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