Marine Species Traits - Hediste japonica (Izuka, 1908)

Traits taxon details

Hediste japonica (Izuka, 1908)

AphiaID

333583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333583)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hediste Malmgren, 1867

Original name

Nereis japonica Izuka, 1908

Synonymised names

Neanthes japonica (Izuka, 1908) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)

Nereis japonica Izuka, 1908 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Nereis japonica Izuka, 1908) Izuka, A. (1908). On the breeding habit and development of Nereis japonica n. sp. Annotationes zoologicae japonenses. 6(4): 295-305., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44258481
page(s): 295-305, figs. 1-4 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Hediste japonica (Izuka, 1908). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333583 on 2026-09-24

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Hediste japonica (Izuka, 1908). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333583 on 2026-09-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description (of Nereis japonica Izuka, 1908) Izuka, A. (1908). On the breeding habit and development of Nereis japonica n. sp. Annotationes zoologicae japonenses. 6(4): 295-305., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44258481
page(s): 295-305, figs. 1-4 [details]

redescription 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. National Science Museum Monographs. 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004 [details] Available for editors

redescription Sato, Masanori; Nakashima, Akiyuki. (2003). A review of Asian Hediste species complex (Nereididae, Polychaeta) with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of Hediste japonica (Izuka, 1908). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 137(3): 403-445., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00059.x
page(s): 405 [redescription. Lectotype designation] [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Neanthes japonica (Izuka, 1908))
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Nereis japonica Izuka, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Neanthes japonica (Izuka, 1908))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Neanthes japonica (Izuka, 1908))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Nereis japonica Izuka, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hediste japonica)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Neanthes japonica (Izuka, 1908))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (4 records) (from synonym Nereis japonica Izuka, 1908)