WoRMS taxon details
Nectoneanthes uchiwa Sato, 2013
986873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:986873)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sato, Masanori. (2013). Resurrection of the genus <i>Nectoneanthes</i> Imajima, 1972 (Nereididae: Polychaeta), with redescription of <i>Nectoneanthes oxypoda</i> (Marenzeller, 1879) and description of a new species, comparing them to <i>Neanthes succinea</i> (Leuckart, 1847). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 47(1-2): 1-50., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2012.743609
page(s): 24-34, figs. 4A, 9-14 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NSMT Pol H-549, geounit Seto Inland Sea
, Note Off Hachihama, Kojima Bay, Seto Inland Sea,...
Holotype NSMT Pol H-549, geounit Seto Inland Sea [details]
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Type locality Off Hachihama, Kojima Bay, Seto Inland Sea, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (34°07'20"N, 133°07'20"E; the provided geocoordinates are misplaced and are corrected here to 34°34'20"N, 133°56'20"E, 34.5722°, 133.9389°). According to Sato (2013: 25) the orignal estuarine habitat of the type locality was changed to dry land and freshwater pond before 1959 by reclamation projects. [details]
Type material Sato (2013: 25) states that the holotype (NSMT Pol H-549) and paratypes (NSMT Pol P-550) are deposited in the polychaete collection in Tsukuba Research Departments of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 20 m depth.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Japan (Ariake Sea; Seto Inland Sea; Shiranui Sea); Korea; China.
Etymology The specific epithet uchiwa refers to the Japanese word 'Uchiwa', meaning a paper hand fan used on hot summer days in...
Depth range Intertidal to 20 m depth. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Japan (Ariake Sea; Seto Inland Sea; Shiranui Sea); Korea; China.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Japan (Ariake Sea; Seto Inland Sea; Shiranui Sea); Korea; China. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet uchiwa refers to the Japanese word 'Uchiwa', meaning a paper hand fan used on hot summer days in...
Etymology The specific epithet uchiwa refers to the Japanese word 'Uchiwa', meaning a paper hand fan used on hot summer days in Japan, resembling the characteristic enlarged notopodial lobe of the species. The Japanese name of the species, Uchiwa-gokai also refers to the same word. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nectoneanthes uchiwa Sato, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986873 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Sato, Masanori. (2013). Resurrection of the genus <i>Nectoneanthes</i> Imajima, 1972 (Nereididae: Polychaeta), with redescription of <i>Nectoneanthes oxypoda</i> (Marenzeller, 1879) and description of a new species, comparing them to <i>Neanthes succinea</i> (Leuckart, 1847). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 47(1-2): 1-50., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2012.743609
page(s): 24-34, figs. 4A, 9-14 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 24-34, figs. 4A, 9-14 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Hsueh, Pan-Wen. (2018). First records of Composetia, Eunereis and Nectoneanthes (Annelida: Nereididae) from Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4531(2): 211-224., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4531.2.3
page(s): 220, Figs 7A−H, 8A−E; note: New records from Taiwan, on the east side of the Taiwan Strait [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 220, Figs 7A−H, 8A−E; note: New records from Taiwan, on the east side of the Taiwan Strait [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Wilson, Robin S. (1988). Synonymy of the genus <i>Nectoneanthes</i> Imajima, 1972, with <i>Neanthes</i> Kinberg, 1866 (Polychaeta: Nereididae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(1): 4-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645713
page(s): 7-8; note: as Neanthes sp. [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NSMT Pol H-549, geounit Seto Inland Sea [details]
Nontype NSMT Pol 11411, geounit South Korea [details]
Nontype NSMT Pol 18532-18533, geounit Seto Inland Sea [details]
Nontype NSMT Pol 5280-5284, geounit Ariake Sea [details]
Nontype OMNH, geounit Kyushu [details]
Paratype NSMT Pol P-550, geounit Seto Inland Sea [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to 20 m depth. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: western Japan (Ariake Sea; Seto Inland Sea; Shiranui Sea); Korea; China. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet uchiwa refers to the Japanese word 'Uchiwa', meaning a paper hand fan used on hot summer days in Japan, resembling the characteristic enlarged notopodial lobe of the species. The Japanese name of the species, Uchiwa-gokai also refers to the same word. [details]
Habitat Muddy bottoms in intertidal or shallow subtidal areas (up to 20 m deep) within estuarine embayments. [details]
Type locality Off Hachihama, Kojima Bay, Seto Inland Sea, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (34°07'20"N, 133°07'20"E; the provided geocoordinates are misplaced and are corrected here to 34°34'20"N, 133°56'20"E, 34.5722°, 133.9389°). According to Sato (2013: 25) the orignal estuarine habitat of the type locality was changed to dry land and freshwater pond before 1959 by reclamation projects. [details]
Type material Sato (2013: 25) states that the holotype (NSMT Pol H-549) and paratypes (NSMT Pol P-550) are deposited in the polychaete collection in Tsukuba Research Departments of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. [details]
Language | Name | |
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Japanese | ウチワゴカイ | [details] |