WoRMS taxon details
Sicafodia pentagonum Yamamoto, Kodama & Kojima, 2025
1814461 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1814461)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Yamamoto, D., M. Kodama & S. Kojima. (2025). A new species each of Sicafodia Just, 2004 (Amphipoda: Sicafodiidae) and of its parasite <i>Rhizorhina</i> Hansen, 1892 (Copepoda: Nicothoidae) from the deep bathyal off northeastern Japan. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 45(2):1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaf027 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype NSMT NSMT-Cr 32918, geounit Japanese...
Holotype NSMT NSMT-Cr 32918, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology The epithet pentagonum derives from the Latin for “pentagonal,” which was selected based on the angled ventral margin...
Etymology The epithet pentagonum derives from the Latin for “pentagonal,” which was selected based on the angled ventral margin of coxa 4. The Japanese name Shitotsu derives from word that describes an act of stabbing with a spear in reference to the conically bundled mouthparts. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Sicafodia pentagonum Yamamoto, Kodama & Kojima, 2025. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1814461 on 2026-05-10
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Yamamoto, D., M. Kodama & S. Kojima. (2025). A new species each of Sicafodia Just, 2004 (Amphipoda: Sicafodiidae) and of its parasite <i>Rhizorhina</i> Hansen, 1892 (Copepoda: Nicothoidae) from the deep bathyal off northeastern Japan. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 45(2):1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaf027 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Holotype NSMT NSMT-Cr 32918, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Etymology The epithet pentagonum derives from the Latin for “pentagonal,” which was selected based on the angled ventral margin of coxa 4. The Japanese name Shitotsu derives from word that describes an act of stabbing with a spear in reference to the conically bundled mouthparts. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Shitotsu-yokoebi | [details] |
