WoRMS name details
original description
Imajima, M. (1990). Spionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Japan. IV. The genus <i>Prionospio (Prionospio)</i>. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 16(3): 105-140., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311741/en page(s): 114-118, figs. 6a-d, 7a-l [details]
Holotype NSMT Pol. H 308, geounit Tsukumo Bay [details]
Paratype NSMT Pol. P 309, geounit Tsukumo Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 8-920 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu (Japanese coasts of Pacific and Sea of Japan); Tsushima Strait. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet depauperata (masculine: depauperatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'impoverished', and refers presumably to the reduced number of pinnules on the fourth pair of branchiae, where they are limited to the basal 1/3 on the posterior face, while in the similar species Prinospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867, and P. orensanzi Blake, 1983, they cover the whole branchiae with the exception of the tips. [details]
Habitat Not stated. [details]
Type locality Tsukumo Bay, Noto Peninsula, Honshu, Japan, Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 37.305º, 137.236º), 20 m. [details]
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