Three New Species of Polydorids (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from Japan

Waka Sato-Okoshi

doi:10.12782/specdiv.3.277

Species Diversity

Online ISSN : 2189-7301
Print ISSN : 1342-1670

Three New Species of Polydorids (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from Japan

Waka Sato-Okoshi

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Keywords: Polydora, Carazziella, new species, Spionidae, Polychaeta, Japan, calcareous substrata, boring activity, burrow morphology, freshwater sponge

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1998 Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages 277-288

DOI https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.3.277

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Abstract

Three new species of polydorids, Polydora uncinata sp. nov., Polydora aura sp. nov., and Carazziella spongilla sp. nov., are described from Japanese waters. The two species of Polydora bore into mollusc shells and coralline algae. The species of Carazziella inhabits freshwater sponges in a brackish lake.

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