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

Nishi, EijirohGil, JoãoTanaka, KatsuhikoKupriyanova, Elena K.2018-12-072018-12-0720171313-29891313-2970http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/12003The 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.engGreat barrier reefLizard islandFrench PolynesiaPolychaetaCoralBiodiversitySipunculansGastropodsAustraliaPatternsNotaulax yamasui sp n. (Annelida, Sabellidae) from Okinawa and Ogasawara, Japan, with notes on its ecologyjournal article10.3897/zookeys.660.11228