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Admetella brevis

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Admetella brevis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Admetella
Species:
A. brevis
Binomial name
Admetella brevis
Levenstein, 1978[1]

Admetella brevis is a scale worm known from the Hjort Trench in the south-west Pacific Ocean at a depth of 5760m.[2]

Description

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Admetella brevis has 50 segments and 20 pairs of elytra, with light beige body pigmentation. The lateral antennae are inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna), with auxiliary appendages at base of lateral antennae present. Bidentate neurochaetae are absent.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Admetella brevis Levenstein, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326220
  2. ^ Levenstein, R. Ya. (1978). Annelida (Polychaeta) from the Deep Waters of the Pacific Region of Antarctic]. Transactions of the P.P.Shirov Institute of Oceanology Academy. of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. 113: 73-87. page(s): 78
  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.