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- Nomenclatural checklist for Acromegalomma species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a nomen novum replacement for the junior homonym Megalomma Johansson, 1926Publication . Gil, João; Nishi, EijirohAcromegalomma, nomen novum, is introduced as a replacement name for the polychaete genus Megalomma Johansson, 1926 (Annelida, Sabellidae), preoccupied by Megalomma Westwood, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). The historical background of the homonymy and a full list with 36 new combinations in the new genus are included, while two species are considered as species inquirenda.
- Notaulax yamasui sp n. (Annelida, Sabellidae) from Okinawa and Ogasawara, Japan, with notes on its ecologyPublication . Nishi, Eijiroh; Gil, João; Tanaka, Katsuhiko; Kupriyanova, Elena K.The polychaete Notaulax yamasui sp. 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.
- The polychaete Lygdamis wirtzi at Ascension and St Helena Islands (Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellariidae)Publication . Brown, Judith; Nishi, Eijiroh; Wirtz, PeterThe genus Lygdamis (Family Sabellariidae) currently contains 20 species (Hutchings et al. 2012; Capa et al. 2015). Lygdamis wirtzi Nishi and Núñez, 1999, was originally described from Madeira Island and the Canary Islands and has also been found at the Cape Verde Islands and at São Tomé Island (Wirtz 2001, 2003). New observations of this species were made while SCUBA diving at the coasts of Ascension and St Helena Islands in 2013 and 2015.