A new species of the Spirobranchus kraussii complex, S. akitsushima (Annelida, Polychaeta, Serpulidae), from the rocky intertidal zone of Japan

A new species of Spirobranchus (Annelida: Serpulidae) is described based on specimens collected at the coastal Shonan area of Sagami Bay and the adjacent areas of Honshu, Japan. Spirobranchus akitsushima sp. nov. forms large aggregations in the intertidal rocky zone of warm-temperate Japanese shores...

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Main Authors: Eijiroh Nishi, Hirokazu Abe, Katsuhiko Tanaka, Naoto Jimi, Elena K. Kupriyanova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-05-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/79569/download/pdf/