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Eunoe anderssoni

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Eunoe anderssoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Eunoe
Species:
E. anderssoni
Binomial name
Eunoe anderssoni
(Bergström 1916)[1]

Eunoe anderssoni is a scale worm described from the Antarctic Ocean off South Georgia at depths of about 300–500 m.[2][3]

Description

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Number of segments 34; elytra 15 pairs. Light brownish grey, darker from about segment 11; prostomium white. Anterior margin of prostomium with an acute anterior projection. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae distinctly thicker than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe anderssoni (Bergström, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174361
  2. ^ Bergström, Erik. (1916). Die Polynoiden der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903. Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 4: 269-304, plates 2-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924800#page/561/mode/1up
  3. ^ Monro, C.C.A. (1936). Polychaete worms II. Discovery Reports, Cambridge. 12: 59–197. available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5606907
  4. ^ Fauchald, K.; Wilson, R.S. (2003). "Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species". In R.S. Wilson; P.A. Hutchings; C. J. Glasby (eds.). Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.