title: Partial revision of Japanese Pectinariidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including redescriptions of poorly known species.
abstract: Eight species of Pectinariidae de Quatrefages, 1866 were recorded from Japan and adjacent waters. We studied four species of the family and redescribe the poorly known species from the Seto Inland Sea and Ariake Sound, Kyushu based on recently collected material. The species covered in this study are Amphictene japonica (Nilsson, 1928), Lagis bocki (Hessle, 1917), Pectinaria okudai (Imajima & Hartman, 1964) and Pectinaria hiuchiensis Kitamori, 1965.
authors.affiliation: College of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University, Hodogaya, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.; Email: enishi@ynu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Eijiroh
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.affiliation: College of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University, Hodogaya, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Ecology, IDEA Consultants, Inc. 1334-5 Riemon, Yaizu city, Shizuoka 421-0212, Japan; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kazama-Wakabayashi
authors.affiliation: Marine Biological Research Institute of Japan Co.,ltd, Osaka Branch, Toyotsu, Suita, Osaka 564-0051, Japan; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Natural History Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Shinri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomioka
authors.affiliation: Affiliation: unknown; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kajihara
authors.affiliation: National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-17-5 Maruishi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0452, Japan; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamaguchi
authors.affiliation: National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-17-5 Maruishi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0452, Japan; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kajihara
authors.affiliation: Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 6 College St, Sydney, NSW 2010 Australia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hutchings
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D007564:Japan; D009929:Organ Size; D011077:Polychaeta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development