Palola siciliensis (English spelling) Palola siciliensis

Japanese: Palola siciliensis(英語表記)Palolasiciliensis
Palola siciliensis (English spelling) Palola siciliensis

…Most species live in shallow sea sand and gravel, but the coralworm Eunice tibiana lives on the seabed at depths of about 100 to 200 meters. Palola siciliensis lives on tropical coral reefs from central Honshu, and is famous for the large numbers of reproductive individuals swimming in schools during the reproductive season. In Samoa, Fiji, and the Gilbert Islands, they swim in reproductive schools for one to two hours before sunrise on the eighth and ninth days after the full moon in October and November every year. …

From [Palolo]

...The Polytrichum commune, a member of the Polytrichum family, is called the Japanese palolo and can be found in November and December. The Polytrichum commune, Palola siciliensis , is called the Pacific palolo and is found widely from central Honshu southward to the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. The Polytrichum commune, Eunice schemacephala , is called the Atlantic palolo and can be found in Florida, Jamaica, and other places.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Palola siciliensis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…大部分のものは浅海の砂れき中にすむが,サンゴイソメEunice tibianaは水深100~200mくらいの海底にすむ。 Palola siciliensisは本州中部より熱帯域のサンゴ礁にすむが,生殖時期になると大量の生殖型個体が群泳するので有名である。サモア,フィジー,ギルバート諸島では毎年10月と11月の満月から8日目と9日目の日の出前の1~2時間に生殖群泳をする。…

【パロロ】より

…ゴカイ科のイトメは日本パロロ(英名Japanese palolo)といわれ,11月と12月にみられる。イソメ科のPalola siciliensisは,太平洋パロロ(英名Pacific palolo)と呼ばれ,本州中部以南からインド洋,西太平洋,地中海,大西洋に広く分布している。また同じイソメ科のEunice schemacephalaは大西洋パロロ(英名Atlantic palolo)と呼ばれ,フロリダ,ジャマイカなどでみられる。…

※「Palola siciliensis」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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