Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Jimi, Naoto; Pinn Woo, Sau; Koreeda, Reo; Yoshida, Ryuta; Herng, Tan Leonard Yi; Irfan, Izzat; Goto, Ryutaro; Hookabe, Natsumi.; Martin, Daniel. (2025). Two new symbiotic Hesionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the West Pacific, including the first case for a species in <i>Podarkeopsis</i>. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 101(4): 1877-1891., available online at https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2025.0069 page(s): 1884, figure 7-11; note: Holotype NSMT-Pol H-995, In Balanoglossus carnosus burrows on tidal flat at Kunugibaru, Tarumizu, Kagoshima, Japan, 31.4539 N, 130.7238 E (31° 27´13.9" N, 130° 43´ 25.7" E) [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NSMT NSMT-Pol H-995, geounit Kagoshima Prefecture [details]
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Etymology Podarkeopsis balanoglossi is named after its host's genus name, with "balanoglossi” a Latin noun genitive in apposition iin reference to the commensal relationship. [details]
Habitat Living in burrows of Balanoglossus carnosus, an enteropneust which is known to occur from intertidal to shallow waters in the Indo-West Pacific region. [details]
Type locality Holotype NSMT-Pol H-995, In Balanoglossus carnosus burrows on tidal flat at Kunugibaru, Tarumizu, Kagoshima, Japan, 31.4539 N, 130.7238 E (31° 27´13.9" N, 130° 43´ 25.7" E) [details]
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Japanese |
giboshi-yadori-otohime |
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Podarkeopsis balanoglossi with its host Balanoglossus carnosus
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