Eunoe kermadeca

Eunoe kermadeca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Polychaeta
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Polynoidae
Genus:	Eunoe
Species:	E. kermadeca
Binomial name
	Eunoe kermadeca; Kirkegaard 1995[1]

Eunoe kermadeca is a scale worm known from the South Pacific Ocean around New Zealand at depths of 2500 to 4500m.[2]

Description

Number of segments 39; elytra 15 pairs. No distinct pigmentation pattern. Anterior margin of prostomium with an acute anterior projection. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[3]

References

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe kermadeca Kirkegaard, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327841
Kirkegaard, J. B. (1995). Bathyal and abyssal polychaetes (errant species). Galathea Report. 17: 7–56.
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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[1] Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe kermadeca Kirkegaard, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327841

[2] Kirkegaard, J. B. (1995). Bathyal and abyssal polychaetes (errant species). Galathea Report. 17: 7–56.

[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.