Hermadionella chayvoensis
Hermadionella chayvoensis is a scale worm known from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north-west Pacific Ocean from depths of about 50 m.[2]
| Hermadionella chayvoensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Hermadionella |
| Species: | H. chayvoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hermadionella chayvoensis Alalykina, 2011[1] | |
Description
Hermadionella chayvoensis is a short-bodied scale worm with 50–54 segments and 15 pairs of elytra. Lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on the prostomium (directly beneath median antenna ceratophore and almost obscured in dorsal view. The notochaetae are distinctly thicker than the neurochaetae and neurochaetae with bidentate tips are absent.[2]
References
- Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Hermadionella chayvoensis Alalykina, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577362
- Alalykina, I.L. (2011). Hermadionella chayvoensis sp.n., a new polynoid species (Polychaeta) from the Shelf of Northeastern Sakhalin Island (the Sea of Okhotsk). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 90, 624-627., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260677211_Hermadionella_chayvoensis_sp_n_a_new_polynoid_species_Annelida_from_the_shelf_of_north_east_Sakhalin_Island_Sea_of_Okhotsk
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