Symbiosis of Lepidonotus dentatus Okuda, 1954 (Polynoidae) with Terebellidae and Onuphidae Polychaetes in Yokohama and Misaki, Miura Peninsula (Annelida: Polychaeta)

Abstract

The polynoid scale worm Lepidonotus dentatus Okuda, 1954 was found in the tube of Diopatra sugokai lzuka, 1912 at Nojima, Yokohama, and in the tube of Thelepus japonicus Marenzeller, 1884 in Koajiro mud-flat in Misaki, Miura Peninsula. The taxonomy and ecological characters of the species are noted.