WoRMS taxon details
original description
Nishi, Eijiroh; Hsieh, Hwey-Lian. (2009). Chaetopterid polychaetes from Taiwan and Okinawa Island (Japan), with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 48(3): 370-379., available online at https://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/48.3/370.pdf page(s): 375-378, figs. 4-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype CMNH CMNH-ZW 01799, geounit Awase [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution West Pacific Ocean: Okinawa Island (Japan). [details]
Etymology "The specific epithet awasensis was derived from the name of the type locality, Awase tidal flat, Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan" (Nishi & Hsieh, 2009: 377). [details]
Habitat Tidal flat, in muddy sand. [details]
Type locality Awase, Okinawa City, Pacific side of Okinawa Island, Okinawa, Japan, West Pacific Ocean (26.3089°, 127.8339°), intertidal flat, in muddy sand. [details]
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