Ephemeral Occurrence of the Echiuran <i>Listriolobus brevirostris</i> (Annelida: Echiura) in Osaka Bay between 1995 and 2002; a New Record for Japan, Probably Resulting from Human-mediated Introduction
Abstract:The primarily Indo-West Pacific echiuran Listriolobus brevirostris Chen and Yeh, 1958 was collected, sometimes abundantly, from benthos samples from northeastern Osaka Bay (from 6.4-17.5 m depth) between 1999 and 2001, or recorded in the field between 1995 and 2002. Since 2003, it has remained uncollected. These records were shown to represent the first occurrence of L. brevirostris in Japanese waters, being the first reliable evidence so far determined of the introduction of an exotic echiuran species, probab… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.