Life-history patterns in serpulimorph polychaetes: ecological and evolutionary perspectives
- E. Kupriyanova, E. Nishi, H. A. Hove, A. Rzhavsky
- Biology, Environmental Science
- 2000
Information on the life history of tubeworms (Serpulidae and Spirorbidae) is summarized to clarify the direction of life-history transitions in this group and determine whether phylogenetic constraints can account for the observed life- history patterns.
Chaetopterus and Mesochaetopterus (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) from the Galapagos Islands, with Descriptions of Four New Species
- E. Nishi, C. Hickman, J. Bailey–Brock
- Biology
- 7 May 2009
The presence of Mesochaetopterus minutus Potts, 1914 in Galapagos, the only chaetopterid previously recorded from the archipelago is confirmed and compared to other Pacific species of the genus in detail.
Redescription of Mesochaetopterus selangolus (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae), Based on Type Specimens and Recently Collected Material from Morib Beach, Malaysia
- E. Nishi
- Biology
- 1999
The type specimens and recently collected material were studied and Sasekumaria selangola was transferred to the genus Mesochaetopterus, which has the characteristic body construction of this family, with distinct middle and posterior regions.
Serpulid Polychaetes Associated with Living and Dead Corals at Okinawa Island, Southwest Japan
- E. Nishi
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 25 December 1996
Investigation of coral-reef polychaetes in Okinawa clarified their ecological habits, especially their association with living and dead coral in Okinawa, and found 12 serpulid species associated with living coral.
A NEW SPECIES OF MEGALOMMA (ANNELIDA: POLYCHAETA: SABELLIDAE) FROM PHUKET,THAILAND
- E. Nishi
- Biology
- 1998
Sabellaria isumiensis n. sp. (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) from shallow waters off Onjuku, Boso Peninsula, Japan, and re-descriptions of three Indo-West Pacific sabellariid species
- E. Nishi, J. Bailey–Brock, A. Santos, H. Tachikawa, E. Kupriyanova
- Biology
- 18 November 2010
A new species of the genus Sabellaria Lamarck, 1812, is described from shallow waters off Onjuku, the Pacific side of Boso Peninsula, Chiba, Japan, and is distinguished by the character combination of having 1 or 2 pairs of nuchal spines.
Phylogenetic analyses of Chaetopteridae (Annelida)
- Jenna M. Moore, E. Nishi, G. Rouse
- Biology
- 1 September 2017
Chaetopteridae was monophyletic in the molecular phylogeny, and united by a number of morphological features, including a single pair of grooved peristomial palps, three morphologically distinct tagmata (A, B, C) and the presence of stout, modified cutting chaetae on anterior chaetiger 4 (A4).
Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Patton-Murray Seamount, Gulf of Alaska, North Pacific Ocean
- E. Kupriyanova, E. Nishi
- Biology
- 3 November 2010
A collection of Serpulidae from the Patton-Murray Seamounts, Gulf of Alaska, USA contained three species Apomatus voightae n.
Notaulax yamasui sp. n. (Annelida, Sabellidae) from Okinawa and Ogasawara, Japan, with notes on its ecology
- E. Nishi, J. Gil, Katsuhiko Tanaka, E. Kupriyanova
- BiologyZooKeys
- 7 March 2017
Abstract 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…
Nomenclatural checklist for Acromegalomma species (Annelida, Sabellidae), a nomen novum replacement for the junior homonym Megalomma Johansson, 1926
Acromegalomma is introduced as a replacement name for the polychaete genus Megalomma Johansson, 1926 (Annelida, Sabellidae) and a full list with 36 new combinations in the new genus is included.
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