Protodrilus puniceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polychaeta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta

Subclassis: Incertae sedis
Familia: Protodrilidae
Genus: Protodrilus
Species: Protodrilus puniceus

Protodrilus puniceus Sato‐Okoshi, Okoshi & Fujiwara, 2015

Type locality: off Cape Nomamisaki, Kyushu, Japan, 31°18′31″N 129°58′46″E / 31.3086°N 129.9794°E / 31.3086; 129.9794, depth 219–254 m, on whale-fall sperm whale bones.

Holotype: NSMT-Pol H-598.

Protodrilus puniceus Sato‐Okoshi, Okoshi & Fujiwara, 2015; — Georgieva et al., 2023: 199, fig. 24.

Georgieva, M.N., Wiklund, H., Ramos, D.A., Neal, L., Glasby, C.J., Gunton, L.M. 2023. The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 75(3): 167–213. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1800 . Reference page.
Sato-Okoshi, W., Okoshi, K., Fujiwara, Y. 2015. A new species of Protodrilus (Annelida, Protodrilidae), covering bone surfaces bright red, in whale-fall ecosystems in the northwest Pacific. The Biological Bulletin 229(2): 209–219. DOI: 10.1086/BBLV229N2P209 . Reference page.