WoRMS taxon details
Neosabellaria upopoy Nishi, Abe, Jimi, Tanaka, Kobayashi, Makiguchi & Kupriyanova, 2025
1805288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1805288)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nishi, Eijiroh; Abe, Hirokazu; Jimi, Naoto; Tanaka, Katsuhiko; Kobayashi, Genki; Makiguchi, Norito; Kupriyanova, Elena. (2025). Description of a reef-forming <i>Neosabellaria upopoy</i> sp. nov. (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) from shallow waters off Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan, with notes on its reproduction and early development. <em>Sessile Organisms.</em> 42(1): 1-17., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/sosj/42/1/42_420101/_article
page(s): 6, figures 2-7; note: Shiraoi, Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan, depth 7-10 m [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 6, figures 2-7; note: Shiraoi, Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan, depth 7-10 m [details] Available for editors

Holotype ICHUM ICHUM-8649, geounit Hokkaido
, Note On concrete of artificial reef, off coast of...
Holotype ICHUM ICHUM-8649, geounit Hokkaido [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality On concrete of artificial reef, off coast of Shiraoi, Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan, depth 7-10 m, 42.5457 N, 141.3652 E [details]
Etymology Neosabellaria upopoy is named from upopoy, an Ainu word meaning “singing together in a large
group” (website Upopoy...
group” (website Upopoy...
Etymology Neosabellaria upopoy is named from upopoy, an Ainu word meaning “singing together in a large
group” (website Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park, 2020). Not stated but upopoy is assumed to be treated as a noun in apposition rather than an adjective [details]
group” (website Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park, 2020). Not stated but upopoy is assumed to be treated as a noun in apposition rather than an adjective [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Neosabellaria upopoy Nishi, Abe, Jimi, Tanaka, Kobayashi, Makiguchi & Kupriyanova, 2025. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1805288 on 2025-04-30
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Nishi, Eijiroh; Abe, Hirokazu; Jimi, Naoto; Tanaka, Katsuhiko; Kobayashi, Genki; Makiguchi, Norito; Kupriyanova, Elena. (2025). Description of a reef-forming <i>Neosabellaria upopoy</i> sp. nov. (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) from shallow waters off Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan, with notes on its reproduction and early development. <em>Sessile Organisms.</em> 42(1): 1-17., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/sosj/42/1/42_420101/_article
page(s): 6, figures 2-7; note: Shiraoi, Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan, depth 7-10 m [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 6, figures 2-7; note: Shiraoi, Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan, depth 7-10 m [details] Available for editors

Holotype ICHUM ICHUM-8649, geounit Hokkaido [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Neosabellaria upopoy is named from upopoy, an Ainu word meaning “singing together in a largegroup” (website Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park, 2020). Not stated but upopoy is assumed to be treated as a noun in apposition rather than an adjective [details]
Type locality On concrete of artificial reef, off coast of Shiraoi, Iburi, Hokkaido, Japan, depth 7-10 m, 42.5457 N, 141.3652 E [details]