WoRMS taxon details
Eurysyllis japonica Imajima, 2003
852780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:852780)
accepted
Species
Eurysyllis japonicum Imajima, 2003 · unaccepted (mandatory agreement in gender...)
mandatory agreement in gender between generic and specific names, according to article 31.2 of ICZN
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eurysyllis japonicum Imajima, 2003) 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): 151-153, fig. 85a-j [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 151-153, fig. 85a-j [details] Available for editors

Holotype (of Eurysyllis japonicum Imajima, 2003) NSMT...
Holotype (of Eurysyllis japonicum Imajima, 2003) NSMT Pol.R:1410, geounit Japan [details]
Depth range 92-97 m (Japan); 2-30 m (Australia).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Japan; Australia (north Queensland: Great Barrier Reef).
Nomenclature Watson (2009) emended the specific epithet from japonicum to japonica, in agreement with the gender of the genus...
Depth range 92-97 m (Japan); 2-30 m (Australia). [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Japan; Australia (north Queensland: Great Barrier Reef).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Japan; Australia (north Queensland: Great Barrier Reef). [details]
Nomenclature Watson (2009) emended the specific epithet from japonicum to japonica, in agreement with the gender of the genus...
Nomenclature Watson (2009) emended the specific epithet from japonicum to japonica, in agreement with the gender of the genus Eurysyllis, which is feminine. This change follows the mandatory agreement in gender between generic and specific names, according to article 31.2 of the ICZN. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2023). World Polychaeta Database. Eurysyllis japonica Imajima, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=852780 on 2023-12-11
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original description
(of Eurysyllis japonicum Imajima, 2003) 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): 151-153, fig. 85a-j [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Watson, C. (2009). A new species of <i>Clavisyllis</i> Knox, 1957 (Polychaeta: Syllidae): a genus with the unusual distribution of New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef, Northern Queensland, Australia. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 25, 79-85., available online at http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=945046650393005;res=IELHSS
page(s): 83-84, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 151-153, fig. 85a-j [details] Available for editors

basis of record Watson, C. (2009). A new species of <i>Clavisyllis</i> Knox, 1957 (Polychaeta: Syllidae): a genus with the unusual distribution of New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef, Northern Queensland, Australia. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 25, 79-85., available online at http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=945046650393005;res=IELHSS
page(s): 83-84, fig. 4 [details]





Holotype (of Eurysyllis japonicum Imajima, 2003) NSMT Pol.R:1410, geounit Japan [details]
Nontype NTM W.022996, geounit Australia [details]
Nontype NTM W.022997, geounit Australia [details]
Nontype QM QMG231603, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 92-97 m (Japan); 2-30 m (Australia). [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: Japan; Australia (north Queensland: Great Barrier Reef). [details]
Habitat Coarse coral rubble at 2-30 m (Australia). Habitat unknown in Japan. [details]
Nomenclature Watson (2009) emended the specific epithet from japonicum to japonica, in agreement with the gender of the genus Eurysyllis, which is feminine. This change follows the mandatory agreement in gender between generic and specific names, according to article 31.2 of the ICZN. [details]