Description of the Bivalve Litigiella pacifica n. sp. (Heterodonta: Galeommatoidea: Lasaeidae), Commensal with the Sipunculan Sipunculus nudus from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

• Lutzen Jorgen

  Department of Cell Biology and Comparative Zoology, Biological Institute, University of Copenhagen

• Kosuge Takeharu

  Ishigaki Tropical Station, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 琉球列島産スジホシムシに着生するユンタクシジミ(新種)の記載

Abstract

In the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Litigiella pacifica n. sp. lives attached to the body of the burrowing sipunculan Sipunculus nudus. The morphology of the shell and the soft parts are described and compared with other bivalve commensal with the same sipunculan. The new species is hermaphroditic, and the filamentous sperm cells are stored in paired seminal receptacles.

Journal

• Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan)

  Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan) 65 (3), 193-202, 2006-09-30

  The Malacological Society of Japan

Keywords

• Litigiella pacifica
• Sipunculus nudus
• morphology
• reproduction
• commensalism

Details

• CRID: 1390845712997870080
• NII Article ID: 110007087495
• NII Article ID: 40015130881
• NII Book ID: AA11565254
• DOI: 10.18941/venus.65.3_193
• ISSN: 21897697
• ISSN: 13482955
• NDL BIB ID: 8522307
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8522307
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
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  • NDL
  • CiNii Articles
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