Eunoe nodulosa

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Eunoe nodulosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Eunoe
Species:
E. nodulosa
Binomial name
Eunoe nodulosa
Day, 1967[1]

Eunoe nodulosa is a scale worm described from Saldanha Bay on the Western Cape, South Africa from intertodal depths.[2]

Description[]

Number of segments 45; elytra 15 pairs. No distinct pigmentation pattern. prostomium anterior margin comprising two rounded lobes. 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[]

  1. ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe nodulosa Day, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327846
  2. ^ Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596
  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.


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