WoRMS taxon details
Acrocirrus uchidai Okuda, 1934
326218 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326218)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Okuda, S. (1934). The polychaete genus, <i>Acrocirrus</i>, from Japanese waters. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Series VI, Zoology.</em> 2(4): 197-209., available online at http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/26957
page(s): 197-202, figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 197-202, figs. 1-4 [details]
Note Pacific Ocean, Japan, Hokkaido, Akkeshi...
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Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan, Hokkaido, Akkeshi (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 43.048º, long. 144.856º), from gray mud at about 5 fathoms (= about 9 m). [details]
Type material Probably at the Invertebrate Collection of the Hokkaido University Museum (ICHUM), Japan, where the polychaete collection of Dr. Shiro Okuda is deposited. [details]
Depth range Subtidal depths, collected at about 9 m depth.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Akkeshi (Hokkaido, Japan).
Etymology The species is named in honour of Professor Tohru Uchida (b. Hamamatsu, Japan, 24 August 1897 - d. ?Hokkaido, Japan, 27...
Depth range Subtidal depths, collected at about 9 m depth. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Akkeshi (Hokkaido, Japan).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Akkeshi (Hokkaido, Japan). [details]
Etymology The species is named in honour of Professor Tohru Uchida (b. Hamamatsu, Japan, 24 August 1897 - d. ?Hokkaido, Japan, 27...
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Acrocirrus uchidai Okuda, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326218 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Okuda, S. (1934). The polychaete genus, <i>Acrocirrus</i>, from Japanese waters. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Series VI, Zoology.</em> 2(4): 197-209., available online at http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/26957
page(s): 197-202, figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 197-202, figs. 1-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Banse, K. (1969). Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(10): 2595-2620., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-253
page(s): 2604 [details]
page(s): 2604 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Subtidal depths, collected at about 9 m depth. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: Akkeshi (Hokkaido, Japan). [details]
Etymology The species is named in honour of Professor Tohru Uchida (b. Hamamatsu, Japan, 24 August 1897 - d. ?Hokkaido, Japan, 27 October 1981), of the Zoological Institute, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University (see short biography HERE). [details]
Habitat Gray mud at about 9 meters (ca. 5 fathoms). [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan, Hokkaido, Akkeshi (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 43.048º, long. 144.856º), from gray mud at about 5 fathoms (= about 9 m). [details]
Type material Probably at the Invertebrate Collection of the Hokkaido University Museum (ICHUM), Japan, where the polychaete collection of Dr. Shiro Okuda is deposited. [details]
