WoRMS taxon details
Potamethus japonicus (Johansson, 1922)
334605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334605)
accepted
Species
Potamilla japonica Johansson, 1922 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Potamilla japonica Johansson, 1922) Johansson, Karl Erik 1922. On some new tubicolous annelids from Japan, the Bonin Islands and the Antarctic. Arkiv för Zoologi, 15(2): 1-11. 4 plates
page(s): 8-9. plate I figs. 3-4, plate IV figs. 4-6 [details]
page(s): 8-9. plate I figs. 3-4, plate IV figs. 4-6 [details]
Type locality contained in Sagami Bay
type locality contained in Sagami Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Potamethus japonicus (Johansson, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334605 on 2026-07-19
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(of Potamilla japonica Johansson, 1922) Johansson, Karl Erik 1922. On some new tubicolous annelids from Japan, the Bonin Islands and the Antarctic. Arkiv för Zoologi, 15(2): 1-11. 4 plates
page(s): 8-9. plate I figs. 3-4, plate IV figs. 4-6 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 8-9. plate I figs. 3-4, plate IV figs. 4-6 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality