WoRMS taxon details
original description
Jimi, Naoto; Kimura, Taeko; Ogawa, Akito; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2020). Alien worm in worm: a new genus of endoparasitic polychaete (Phyllodocidae, Annelida) from scale worms (Aphroditidae and Polynoidae, Annelida). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 19(1): 13-21., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2020.1785038 page(s): 5 of 10, figures 1-3; note: Off Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, the North Western Pacific [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NSMT NSMTPol H-815, geounit Wakayama Prefecture [details]
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Ecology Endoparasitic in Aphrodita and Lepidonotus spp. (unidentified) [details]
Etymology Endovermis seisuiae is named after TR/V Seisui-maru, the ship from which the type specimens were collected by beam trawl. The species name is a noun in the genitive. [details]
Type locality off Wakayama, central Japan, the western North Pacific Ocean, 33.6333, 135.1667 (33 38' N, 135 10' E), muddy sediments at 216–218m depth, endoparasitic in Aphrodita sp. [details]
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Japanese |
New Japanese name: Seisui-yadori-sashiba-gokai |
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