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3 January 2022 Description of Tubulanus misakiensis sp. nov. (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) from Sagami Bay, Japan
Natsumi Hookabe, Hiroshi Kajihara
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Abstract

The palaeonemertean genus Tubulanus Renier, 1804 currently harbors 35 species inhabiting the intertidal to the hadal zones. During a faunal survey in Sagami Bay, Japan, a single specimen of undescribed tubulanid having uniformly pale-colored body with a single dark-colored stripe on the dorsal surface was collected by dredging at depths of 116–211 m. Based on the body coloration and some anatomical features, it can be differentiated from the 35 congeners and is thus described herein as Tubulanus misakiensis sp. nov. In a molecular phylogenetic tree constructed with sequences available in public databases representing five markers (16S rRNA, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I [COI], 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA [not obtained for T. misakiensis], and histone H3), T. misakiensis was sister to Tubulanus izuensis Hookabe, Asai, Nakano, Kimura and Kajihara, 2020 and nested within a clade along with seven unidentified specimens from the abyssal and hadal zones (3428–9577 m); T. misakiensis and T. izuensis differed by 11.7% uncorrected p-distance in terms of 657-bp COI sequences.

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Natsumi Hookabe and Hiroshi Kajihara "Description of Tubulanus misakiensis sp. nov. (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) from Sagami Bay, Japan," Zoological Science 39(1), 81-86, (3 January 2022). https://doi.org/10.2108/zs210075
Received: 25 June 2021; Accepted: 12 October 2021; Published: 3 January 2022
KEYWORDS
bathyal
deep sea
marine invertebrates
ribbon worm
systematics
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