Eulagisca gigantea

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Eulagisca gigantea
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Eulagisca
Species:
E. gigantea
Binomial name
Eulagisca gigantea
Monro, 1939[1]

Eulagisca gigantea is a scale worm that is widely distributed around Antarctica and the Southern Ocean at depths of about 40 to 700m.[1]

Description[]

Eulagisca gigantea can grow to a length of 20 cm (8 in) and a width of 10 cm (4 in). It is dorso-ventrally flattened and has 40 segments with 15 pairs of elytra. The prostomium is oval and the back part is concealed by a nuchal fold.[2] The lateral antennae are inserted terminally on the anterior margin of the prostomium. The notochaetae are about as thick as the neurochaetae, but bidentate neurochaetae absent. The eversible proboscis bears a pair of large jaws and is about a quarter of the length of the whole organism. It is a greyish-brown colour and without patterning.[3]


References[]

  1. ^ a b Fauchald, Kristian (2008). "Eulagisca gigantea Monro, 1939". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (2000). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Csiro Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-643-06571-0.
  3. ^ Mah, Christopher (22 May 2012). "Eulagisca gigantea- GIANT polynoid worm!". 10 of the WEIRDEST Antarctic Invertebrates!. EchinoBlog. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

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