Protodrilus puniceus

Subclassis: Incertae sedis
Familia: Protodrilidae
Genus: Protodrilus
Species:

Protodrilus puniceus Sato‐Okoshi, Okoshi & Fujiwara, 2015

ZooBank: 160A406C-0B8B-4EF7-8626-F8C5F56DEB85

Type locality: off Cape Nomamisaki, Kyushu, Japan, 31°18′31″N 129°58′46″E / 31.3086°N 129.9794°E / 31.3086; 129.9794, depth 219–254 m, on whale-fall sperm whale bones.

Holotype: NSMT-Pol H-598.

• Protodrilus puniceus Sato‐Okoshi, Okoshi & Fujiwara, 2015; — Georgieva et al., 2023: 199, fig. 24.

• Georgieva, M.N., Wiklund, H., Ramos, D.A., Neal, L., Glasby, C.J., Gunton, L.M. 2023. The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 75(3): 167–213. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1800 . Reference page. 
• Sato-Okoshi, W., Okoshi, K., Fujiwara, Y. 2015. A new species of Protodrilus (Annelida, Protodrilidae), covering bone surfaces bright red, in whale-fall ecosystems in the northwest Pacific. The Biological Bulletin 229(2): 209–219. DOI: 10.1086/BBLV229N2P209 . Reference page. 

• Protodrilus puniceus Sato-Okoshi, Okoshi & Fujiwara, 2015 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on June 17, 2025

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