Polychaeta taxon details
Opisthosyllis japonica Imajima, 1966
330231 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330231)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (polychaetous annelids) from Japan. IV. Syllinae (1). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(3): 219-252., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175436
page(s): 226-228, fig. 40a-p [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 226-228, fig. 40a-p [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NSMT, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, Japan. Pacific Ocean, Japan....
Holotype NSMT, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan. Pacific Ocean, Japan. The species was described with base on specimens from three different localities, Mukaishima and Noto-ogi, at Honshu, and Usa, at Shikoku. However the original description does not refer which of them is the type locality. [details]
Depth range Intertidal and shallow depths.
Distribution Central and Southern Japan; Australia (Western Australia).
Etymology The specific epithet japonica makes reference to the type locality of the species, Japan.
Depth range Intertidal and shallow depths. [details]
Distribution Central and Southern Japan; Australia (Western Australia).
Distribution Central and Southern Japan; Australia (Western Australia). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet japonica makes reference to the type locality of the species, Japan.
Etymology The specific epithet japonica makes reference to the type locality of the species, Japan. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Opisthosyllis japonica Imajima, 1966. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330231 on 2025-04-28
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Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (polychaetous annelids) from Japan. IV. Syllinae (1). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(3): 219-252., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175436
page(s): 226-228, fig. 40a-p [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source San Martín, G.; Hutchings Pat, A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia. Part. 2. Genera <i>Inermosyllis</i>, <i>Megasyllis</i> n. gen., <i>Opisthosyllis</i>, and <i>Trypanosyllis</i>. Zootaxa 1840: 1-53
page(s): 26, figs. 17C-F, 18A-I, 19A-F, 20A [details]
page(s): 226-228, fig. 40a-p [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source San Martín, G.; Hutchings Pat, A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia. Part. 2. Genera <i>Inermosyllis</i>, <i>Megasyllis</i> n. gen., <i>Opisthosyllis</i>, and <i>Trypanosyllis</i>. Zootaxa 1840: 1-53
page(s): 26, figs. 17C-F, 18A-I, 19A-F, 20A [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NSMT, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal and shallow depths. [details]Distribution Central and Southern Japan; Australia (Western Australia). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet japonica makes reference to the type locality of the species, Japan. [details]
Habitat Sand, algae, coralline concretions, ascidians. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan. Pacific Ocean, Japan. The species was described with base on specimens from three different localities, Mukaishima and Noto-ogi, at Honshu, and Usa, at Shikoku. However the original description does not refer which of them is the type locality. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ニホンオクバシリス | [details] |
