Table 1 Sampling information for the specimens used in this study
Superfamily | Family | Species | Life style | Host species | Host taxon | Host utilization/ habitat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Galeommatoidea | Galeommatidae | Divariscintilla toyohiwakensis | Symbiotic | Acanthosquilla acanthocarpus | Mantis shrimp (Arthropoda) | Inside the host burrow |
Ephippodonta gigas | Symbiotic | Callianidea typa | Thalassinidean shrimp (Arthropoda) | Inside the host burrow | ||
Galeomma sp. | Free-living | - | - | On the undersurface of rocks | ||
Pseudogaleomma sp. | Free-living | - | - | On the undersurface of rocks | ||
Scintilla rosea | Free-living | - | - | On the undersurface of rocks | ||
Scintilla aff. hydatina | Free-living | - | - | On the undersurface of rocks | ||
Scintilla sp.1 | Free-living | - | - | On the undersurface of rocks | ||
Scintilla sp.2 | Free-living | - | - | On the undersurface of rocks | ||
Scintillona stigmatica | Symbiotic | Brissus latecarinatus | Heart urchin (Echinodermata) | On the host body | ||
Lasaeidae | Anisodevonia ohshimai | Symbiotic | Patinapta ooplax | Sea cucumber (Echinodermata) | On the host body | |
Arthritica japonica | Symbiotic | Xenophthalmus pinnotheroides | Intertidal crab (Arthropoda) | On the host body | ||
Byssobornia yamakwai | Symbiotic | Ochetostoma erythrogrammon | Spoon worm (Echiura) | Inside the host burrow | ||
Curvemysella paula | Symbiotic | Spiropagurus spiriger | Hermit crab (Arthropoda) | Inside the shell carried by the host | ||
Devonia semperi | Symbiotic | Protankyra bidentata | Sea cucumber (Echinodermata) | On the host body | ||
Entovalva lessonothuriae | Symbiotic | Holothuria (Lessonothuria) pardalis | Sea cucumber (Echinodermata) | Inside the host esophagus | ||
Kellia porculus | Free-living | - | - | In the crevice of dead corals | ||
Lasaea undulata | Free-living | - | - | In the crevice of rocks | ||
Litigiella pacifica | Symbiotic | Sipunculus nudus | Peanut worm (Sipuncula) | On the host body | ||
Melliteryx puncticulata | Free-living | - | - | On the undersurface of rocks | ||
Montacutona sp. | Symbiotic | Cerianthus filiformis | Sea anemone (Cnidaria) | On the host body | ||
Mysella aff. bidentata | Free-living | - | - | In sand sediment | ||
Neaeromya rugifera | Symbiotic | Upogebia pugettensis | Thalassinidean shrimp (Arthropoda) | On the host body | ||
Nipponomontacuta actinariophila | Symbiotic | Telmatactis sp. | Sea anemone (Cnidaria) | On the host body | ||
Nipponomysella oblongata | Free-living | - | - | In sand sediment | ||
Nipponomysella subtruncata | Symbiotic | Siphonosoma cumanense | Peanut worm (Sipuncula) | On the host body | ||
Paraborniola matsumotoi | Free-living | - | - | On the undersurface of rocks | ||
Peregrinamor gastrochaenans | Symbiotic | Upogebia carinicauda | Thalassinidean shrimp (Arthropoda) | On the host body | ||
Peregrinamor ohshimai | Symbiotic | Upogebia major | Thalassinidean shrimp (Arthropoda) | On the host body | ||
Pseudopythina ochetostomae | Symbiotic | Listriolobus sorbillans | Spoon worm (Echiura) | Inside the host burrow | ||
Pseudopythina macrophthalmensis | Symbiotic | Macrophthalmus sp. | Intertidal crab (Arthropoda) | On the host body | ||
Pseudopythina subsinuata | Symbiotic | Oratosquilla oratoria | Mantis shrimp (Arthropoda) | On the host body | ||
Pseudopythina aff. ariake | Symbiotic | Protankyra bidentata | Sea cucumber (Echinodermata) | Inside the host burrow | ||
Pseudopythina aff. nodosa | Symbiotic | Siphonosoma cumanense | Peanut worm (Sipuncula) | On the host body | ||
Pythina deshayesiana | Free-living | - | - | On the undersurface of rocks | ||
Salpocola philippinensis | Symbiotic | Sipunculus nudus | Peanut worm (Sipuncula) | On the host body | ||
Cyamioidea | Basterotiidae | Basterotia carinata | Symbiotic | Ochetostoma erythrogrammon | Spoon worm (Echiura) | Inside the host burrow |
Basterotia gouldi | Symbiotic | Ikedosoma gogoshimense | Spoon worm (Echiura) | Inside the host burrow | ||
Basterotia sp. | Symbiotic | Ochetostoma erythrogrammon | Spoon worm (Echiura) | Inside the host burrow | ||
Outgroups | Solecurtidae | Azorinus minutus | Free-living | - | - | - |
Gastrochaenidae | Gastrochaena cuneiformis | Free-living | - | - | - | |
Veneridae | Irus mitis | Free-living | - | - | - | |
Mactridae | Meropesta nicobarica | Free-living | - | - | - | |
Solenidae | Solen strictus | Free-living | - | - | - | |
Solemyidae | Solemya velum | Free-living | - | - | - | |
Nuculanidae | Nuculana pella | Free-living | - | - | - | |
Neotrigoniidae | Neotrigonia margaritacea | Free-living | - | - | - |