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Eunoe tritoni

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Eunoe tritoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Eunoe
Species:
E. tritoni
Binomial name
Eunoe tritoni
McIntosh, 1900[1]

Eunoe tritoni is a scale worm described from the Færö Channel in the North Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Description

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Number of segments 37 (probably); elytra 15 pairs (presumably). No distinct pigmentation pattern. Prostomium anterior margin comprising a pair of acute anterior projections. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). elytra marginal fringe of papillae present. 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 tritoni McIntosh, 1900". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ McIntosh, W. C. (1900). A monograph of British Annelids. vol.1. pt.2. Polychaeta Amphinomidae to Sigalionidae. Ray Society of London, 1 (12): 215-442.
  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.