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A novel symbiotic relationship between ascidians and a new tunic-boring polychaete (Annelida: Spionidae: Polydora)
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- 1. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ishinomaki Senshu University, Shinmito 1, Minamisakai, Ishinomaki, Miyagi 986-8580, Japan. habe@isenshu-u.ac.jp, abehiro13@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-9368 & Department of Biology, Center for Liberal Arts & Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Idaidori 1-1-1, Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-gun, Iwate 028-3694, Japan
- 2. Diving Service Chap, Okada Shinkai 118-2, Oshima-cho, Izu-Oshima, Tokyo 100-0102, Japan.
- 3. Freelancer of Benthos Worker, Nishi Narashino 3-20-3-101, Funabashi-shi, Chiba 274-0815, Japan.
- 4. Regional Fish Institute, Ltd., Yoshida-Honmachi 36-1, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. & Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- 5. Aquatic Ecology Division, Estuary Research Center, Shimane University, Nishikawatsu-cho 1060, Matsue-shi, Shimane 690-8504, Japan.
- 6. Laboratory of Biological Oceanography, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 468-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan.
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Abe, Hirokazu, Hoshino, Osamu, Yamada, Kazuyuki, Ogino, Tetsuya, Kawaida, Shun, Sato-Okoshi, Waka (2022): A novel symbiotic relationship between ascidians and a new tunic-boring polychaete (Annelida: Spionidae: Polydora). Zootaxa 5159 (1): 1-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.1.1
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