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Polychaeta taxon details

Amblyosyllis speciosa Izuka, 1912

326282  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326282)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Izuka, Akira. (1912). The errantiate Polychaeta of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 30(2): 1-262, plates I-XXIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39205921
page(s): 183-184, plate XX fig. 1 [details]   
Type locality contained in Japanese part of the North Pacific Ocean  
type locality contained in Japanese part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Japan, "In a tide- pool near...  
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Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan, "In a tide- pool near Misaki in Prov. Sagami, August 17th, 1906" (Izuka, 1912: 184) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 35.1579º, long. 139.6124º). The type material was collected near Misaki Marine Biological Station, which in 1906 already had the same location than today, at Misaki (now part of the town of Miura), in Sagami Province (nowadays central and western Kanagawa Prefecture).  [details]
Depth range Intertidal.   
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: northern to southern Japan, and California.   
Distribution Pacific Ocean: northern to southern Japan, and California.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet speciosa is the feminine form of the Latin adjective speciosus, meaning 'beautiful' or 'splendid', and...  
Etymology The specific epithet speciosa is the feminine form of the Latin adjective speciosus, meaning 'beautiful' or 'splendid', and probably refers to the colouration of the species, which was described by Izuka (1912: 184) as follows: "Colour of living specimens purplish brown dorsally, with a median longitudinal yellowish patch in each segment, except on anteriormost six segments and the anal segment; on the sixth segment a broad yellowish transverse band; posterior half of penultimate and anal segments lighter coloured. All the tentacles and cirri are milk-white.[details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Amblyosyllis speciosa Izuka, 1912. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326282 on 2024-03-19
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original description Izuka, Akira. (1912). The errantiate Polychaeta of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 30(2): 1-262, plates I-XXIV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39205921
page(s): 183-184, plate XX fig. 1 [details]   

basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Imajima, Minoru. (2003). Polychaetous Annelids from Sagami Bay and Sagami Sea collected by the Emperor Showa of Japan and deposited at the Showa Memorial Institute, National Science Museum, Tokyo (II). Orders included within the Phyllodocida, Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida. <em>National Science Museum Monographs.</em> 23: 1-221., available online at https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004708004
page(s): 141-142 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Aguado, Marıa Teresa; Martin, Guillermo S.; Nishi, Eijiroh. (2008). Contribution to the knowledge of Syllidae (Annelida, Phyllodocida) from Japan with descriptions of three new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 6(4): 521-550., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1017/S1477200008002831
page(s): 522; note: Additional description, additiional records [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Dorsey, J. H. (1978). A new species of <i>Syllides</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae) with notes on <i>Amblyosyllis speciosa</i> Izuka from San Clemente Island, California. <i>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences</i>. 77(1): 22-27., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34212265#page/738/mode/1up
page(s): 22-24, fig. 1a-c; note: redescription based on specimens from California (USA) [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: northern to southern Japan, and California.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet speciosa is the feminine form of the Latin adjective speciosus, meaning 'beautiful' or 'splendid', and probably refers to the colouration of the species, which was described by Izuka (1912: 184) as follows: "Colour of living specimens purplish brown dorsally, with a median longitudinal yellowish patch in each segment, except on anteriormost six segments and the anal segment; on the sixth segment a broad yellowish transverse band; posterior half of penultimate and anal segments lighter coloured. All the tentacles and cirri are milk-white.[details]

Habitat Intertidal tide pool.  [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan, "In a tide- pool near Misaki in Prov. Sagami, August 17th, 1906" (Izuka, 1912: 184) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 35.1579º, long. 139.6124º). The type material was collected near Misaki Marine Biological Station, which in 1906 already had the same location than today, at Misaki (now part of the town of Miura), in Sagami Province (nowadays central and western Kanagawa Prefecture).  [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese カサネシリス  [details]