Nishi, E.; Tachikawa, H. (1998). A new species of scale worm Hololepidella (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) associated with an ophiuroid from Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Natural History Research. 5(1):11-15.
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Nishi, E.; Tachikawa, H.
1998
A new species of scale worm Hololepidella (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) associated with an ophiuroid from Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
Natural History Research
5(1):11-15
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Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB
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A new species of commensal scale worm, HololeĎidella boninensis (Polynoidae,
Polychaeta) is described based on a specimen collected with an ophiuroid from Chichi-jima,
Ogasawara Islands, Japan. The new species is characterized by a dotted prostomium, absence
of microtuberc1es on the elytra, neurosetae that are all bidentate, and a brownish body color.