Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Kato, T.; Mawatari, S.F. (1999). A new species of <i>Nereiphylla</i> (Polychaeta, Phyllodocidae) from Hokkaido, Northern Japan. <em>Species Diversity.</em> 4(2): 353-360., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110002344047/en page(s): 354-357, figs. 1-3, table 1 [details]
Holotype ZIHU 1124, geounit Kikonai [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 15 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Kikonai, Oshoro, Muroran, and Usujiri (Hokkaido, Japan). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet hera is a Japanese noun in apposition meaning 'spatula', and refers to the unique spatulate tentacular cirri of the species. [details]
Habitat On mussel beds and among seaweed holfasts, intertidal to subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan, southern Hokkaido, Kikonai (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 41.675º, long. 140.439º), on intertidal mussel bed. [details]
Type material Type material deposited at the Zoological Institute Faculty of Science Hokkaido University (ZIHU), and at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NMW). [details]
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