Polychaeta name details
original description
Imajima, M. (1990). Spionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Japan. III. The genus <i>Prionospio (Minuspio)</i>. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology).</em> 16(2): 61-78., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311737/en page(s): 68-71, figs. 6a-e, 7a-i [details]
taxonomy source
Dagli, E.; Çinar, M. E. 2011. Species of the subgenus Minuspio (Polychaeta: Spionidae: Prionospio) from the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa (3043): 35-53., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/3043.html page(s): 50; note: New records & corrected identification to P. pulchra of specimens previously reported as P. (M.) multibranchiata, and P cirrifera [details]
Holotype NSMT Pol. H 302, geounit Tokyo Bay [details]
Paratype NSMT Pol. P 303, geounit Tokyo Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 90 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Japan (Hokkaido; Pacific and Sea of Japan coasts of Honshu; Kyushu).
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Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet pulchra (masculine: pulcher) is a Latin adjective meaning 'beautiful', 'fair', or 'pretty'. [details]
Habitat Intertidal specimens found attached to a buoy and to a rope, and in tidelands (Imajima, 1990: 68). [details]
Type locality Tokyo Bay, Honshu, Japan, Pacific Ocean (35º19.0'N, 139º42.0'E), 47 m. [details]
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