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Echinoidea taxon details

Fibularia japonica Shigei, 1982

513023  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513023)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Shigei, M. 1982. A new species of the fibulariid sea-urchin, Fibularia japonica, from Japanese waters. Publications of Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 27, 11-16.
page(s): 11-15; figs 1-48 [details]   
Note off Misaki Marine Biological Station, Sagami...  
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Type locality off Misaki Marine Biological Station, Sagami Bay (sublittoral); 3 km off Futamachiya (35°06.5' N, 139°35.0' E, depth ca. 70 m), Sagami Bay; east of Iki Island (33°45.1' N, 129°57.5' E, depth 45 m); off Tomioka (Amakusa), W. Kyushu (ca. 30 m depth); off Oki Islands (between Dogo and Dozen, depth ca. 60 m); Suruga Bay (sublittoral zone); off Boso Peninsula (34°51.2' N, 139°55.6' E, 34°51.1' N, 139°55.2' E, depth 100 m); Japan [details]
Type material Holotype: 1 specimen, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-16T, denuded test, off Misaki Marine Biological Station, Sagami Bay, sublittoral zone, coll. K. Aoki, J. Deguchi, T. Sekimoto, H. Suzuki, and M. Shigei, 1926– 1978. Paratypes: 1 specimen, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-18T, dead test, 3 km off Futamachiya, Sagami Bay (35°08.5′N, 139°35.0′E), depth 45 m, coll. H. Suzuki, M. Sekimoto, K. Shimazaki, and M. Shigei, 4 Jul. 1979; 6 specimens, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-17T No. 2–6, 8, dead tests, off Misaki Marine Biological Station, Sagami Bay, sublittoral zone, coll. K. Aoki, J. Deguchi, T. Sekimoto, H. Suzuki, and M. Shigei, 1926–1978; 1 specimen, UMUTZ-Ecn- SG10-19T, dead test, Tomioka, Amakusa group, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, depth 30 m, coll. T. Kikuchi, 14 Feb. 1963; 26 specimens, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-20T, dead tests, Sagami Bay, sublittoral zone; 3 specimens, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-21T, dead tests, Sagami Bay, sublittoral zone; 1 specimen, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-22T, dead test, Suruga Bay, sublittoral zone, coll. Y. Okada. [details]
Type material HT: MMBS Fib. 1 (from Sagami Bay) [details]
Distribution F. japonica has so far been recorded in Japanese waters, from Sagami Bay to Kyushu; 30–100 m in depth (Shigei 1986; present...  
Distribution F. japonica has so far been recorded in Japanese waters, from Sagami Bay to Kyushu; 30–100 m in depth (Shigei 1986; present study). Schultz (2009) reported this species from also the Philippines. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Fibularia japonica Shigei, 1982. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513023 on 2024-04-19
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original description Shigei, M. 1982. A new species of the fibulariid sea-urchin, Fibularia japonica, from Japanese waters. Publications of Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 27, 11-16.
page(s): 11-15; figs 1-48 [details]   

basis of record Kroh, A. 2010. Index of Living and Fossil Echinoids 1971-2008. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 112, 195-470., available online at http://verlag.nhm-wien.ac.at/pdfs/112A_195470_Kroh.pdf
page(s): 293 [details]   

redescription Tanaka, H., Wakabayashi, K. & Fujita, T. (2019). A new species of Fibularia from Japanese waters with a redescription of F. japonica and F. ovulum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4543(2): 241., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4543.2.4
page(s): 252-257; figs 4, 6, 9-13, tabs 1-2 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Diagnosis Test outline elliptical when viewed from above; height low; oral surface not depressed. Periproct outline round to oblong. Petaloid region large; number of pores in petal III up to 14 even in the specimens of TL > 7.5 mm. Diameter of genital pores equal to or larger than that of petaloid pores in mature individuals. Two hydropores opening in an irregularly-shaped groove. Black pigments not forming symmetric pentaradial in living animals. Spatula-like primary spines around periproct. [details]

Distribution F. japonica has so far been recorded in Japanese waters, from Sagami Bay to Kyushu; 30–100 m in depth (Shigei 1986; present study). Schultz (2009) reported this species from also the Philippines. [details]

Type locality off Misaki Marine Biological Station, Sagami Bay (sublittoral); 3 km off Futamachiya (35°06.5' N, 139°35.0' E, depth ca. 70 m), Sagami Bay; east of Iki Island (33°45.1' N, 129°57.5' E, depth 45 m); off Tomioka (Amakusa), W. Kyushu (ca. 30 m depth); off Oki Islands (between Dogo and Dozen, depth ca. 60 m); Suruga Bay (sublittoral zone); off Boso Peninsula (34°51.2' N, 139°55.6' E, 34°51.1' N, 139°55.2' E, depth 100 m); Japan [details]

Type material Holotype: 1 specimen, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-16T, denuded test, off Misaki Marine Biological Station, Sagami Bay, sublittoral zone, coll. K. Aoki, J. Deguchi, T. Sekimoto, H. Suzuki, and M. Shigei, 1926– 1978. Paratypes: 1 specimen, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-18T, dead test, 3 km off Futamachiya, Sagami Bay (35°08.5′N, 139°35.0′E), depth 45 m, coll. H. Suzuki, M. Sekimoto, K. Shimazaki, and M. Shigei, 4 Jul. 1979; 6 specimens, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-17T No. 2–6, 8, dead tests, off Misaki Marine Biological Station, Sagami Bay, sublittoral zone, coll. K. Aoki, J. Deguchi, T. Sekimoto, H. Suzuki, and M. Shigei, 1926–1978; 1 specimen, UMUTZ-Ecn- SG10-19T, dead test, Tomioka, Amakusa group, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, depth 30 m, coll. T. Kikuchi, 14 Feb. 1963; 26 specimens, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-20T, dead tests, Sagami Bay, sublittoral zone; 3 specimens, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-21T, dead tests, Sagami Bay, sublittoral zone; 1 specimen, UMUTZ-Ecn-SG10-22T, dead test, Suruga Bay, sublittoral zone, coll. Y. Okada. [details]

Type material HT: MMBS Fib. 1 (from Sagami Bay) [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese ニホンマメウニNihon mame-uni  [details]

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