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Notaulax yamasui sp. n. (Annelida, Sabellidae) from Okinawa and Ogasawara, Japan, with notes on its ecology.


ABSTRACT: The polychaete Notaulax yamasuisp. n. (Sabellidae) is described from Okinawa and Ogasawara, south Japan, where it was found living embedded in a dead skeleton of the coral Porites sp. The new species is characterized by the presence of a pigmented sub-distal swelling on the tips of the crown radioles, a unique feature among species of the genus. Besides, its collar chaetae have an L-shape orientation, and the dorsal basal flanges of the branchial lobes are long and have a dorsal joint.

SUBMITTER: Nishi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5549527 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>Notaulax yamasui</i> sp. n. (Annelida, Sabellidae) from Okinawa and Ogasawara, Japan, with notes on its ecology.

Nishi Eijiroh E   Gil João J   Tanaka Katsuhiko K   Kupriyanova Elena K EK  

ZooKeys 20170307 660


The polychaete <i>Notaulax yamasui</i><b>sp. n.</b> (Sabellidae) is described from Okinawa and Ogasawara, south Japan, where it was found living embedded in a dead skeleton of the coral <i>Porites</i> sp. The new species is characterized by the presence of a pigmented sub-distal swelling on the tips of the crown radioles, a unique feature among species of the genus. Besides, its collar chaetae have an L-shape orientation, and the dorsal basal flanges of the branchial lobes are long and have a do  ...[more]

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