Amphicorina ascidicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sabellida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Palpata Ordo: Canalipalpata Subordo: Sabellida

Familia: Sabellidae
Subfamilia: Myxicolinae
Genus: Amphicorina
Species: Amphicorina ascidicola

Name

• Amphicorina ascidicola Yoshihara, Hiruta, Katoh & Kajihara, 2012: figs. 1, 2

Holotype: ZIHU 3926, intact specimen, fixed in 10% seawater formalin, preserved in 70% ethanol.

Type locality: Among botryllid ascidian colonies, 42°16'N, 142°27'E, Higashi-shizunai, Hokkaido, Japan, 10 June 2010.

Etymology: The specific name, a noun, is a combination of ascidia (sea squirt) and -cola (dweller), referring to the fact that the species was frequently found among botryllid ascidian colonies.

References

• Yoshihara, Taiki, Shimpei Hiruta, Toru Katoh & Hiroshi Kajihara, 2012: Three species of Amphicorina (Annelida, Sabellida, Sabellidae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys, 187: 45–62. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.187.2662.