Eunoe papillosa

Eunoe papillosa is a scale worm described from the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil at a depths down to about 200m.[2]

Eunoe papillosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Eunoe
Species:
E. papillosa
Binomial name
Eunoe papillosa
Amaral & Nonato, 1982[1]

Description

Number of segments 32; elytra 15 pairs (assumed). Prostomium anterior margin comprising two rounded lobes. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Elytra marginal fringe of papillae present. Notochaetae thinner than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[3]

References

  1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe papillosa Amaral & Nonato, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327849
  2. Amaral, A. Cecília; Nonato, Edmundo Ferraz. (1982). Anelideos poliquetos da costa brasileira. Aphroditidae e Polynoidae. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil. 3: 1-46. page(s): 19
  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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