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Eunoe senta

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Eunoe senta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Eunoe
Species:
E. senta
Binomial name
Eunoe senta
(Moore, 1902)[1]

Eunoe senta is a scale worm described from Greenland, where it was collected by the Peary Relief Expedition in August 1892.[2]

Description

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Number of segments 36; elytra 15 pairs. Dorsum pale yellow or colorless. prostomium anterior margin comprising a pair of acute anterior projections. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe senta (Moore, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130747
  2. ^ Moore, J.P. (1902). Descriptions of some new Polynoidae, with a list of other Polychaeta from North Greenland waters. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 54(2), 258-278, plates XIII-XIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309389
  3. ^ 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.