Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Jimi, Naoto; Fujimoto, Shinta; Takehara, Mami; Imura, Satoshi. (2021). Black spicules from a new interstitial opheliid polychaete Thoracophelia minuta sp. nov. (Annelida: Opheliidae). <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 11(1): 1-8., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80702-6 page(s): 3 of 8, figures 1, 4; note: Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NSMT NSMT-Pol H-837, geounit Hokkaido [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the minute body (~1.5 mm), attributed to progenesis. Authors: "The new species has minute body unlike other opheliids. However, since it has eggs, we can judge that it is a small but mature individual" [details]
Type locality Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan, 43.1997, 140.7822 (43° 11′ 59″ N, 140° 46′ 56″ E), beach subtidal (no depth given) [details]
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Japanese |
sunatsubu-ophelia |
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