WoRMS taxon details
original description
Jimi, Naoto; Moritaki, Takeya; Kajihara, Hiroshi. (2017). Rare endoparasitic Asteriomyzostomum (Annelida: Asteriomyzostomidae) from Japan, including three new species descriptions and their phylogenetic position within Myzostomida. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 66(6): 841-847., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383576917301708 page(s): 845, Fig. 3 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology authors: "epithet is a noun in the genitive case, named after the American actress Marilyn Monroe. The protruded mouth in the new species is reminiscent of her puckered lips". [details]
Type locality Unknown geolocation off "Cape Miki", Mie Prefecture, Japan. Geolocation very approximately (warning, this is an unverified guess) 34.21, 136.92, 196–341 m. No geolocation information in the article, Location of "Cape Miki" could not be found in multiple sources searched. [details]
Type material The deposition location of the type material is not stated in the article. It is a Code requirement that an explicit statement is made about type deposition [details]
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Japanese |
hime-hitode-suikuchimushi |
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