Eunoe nodulosa
| Eunoe nodulosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Eunoe |
| Species: | E. nodulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eunoe nodulosa Day, 1967[1]
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Eunoe nodulosa is a scale worm described from Saldanha Bay on the Western Cape, South Africa from intertidal depths.[2]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.