Biology:Eunoe assimilis

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Short description: Species of annelid worm

Eunoe assimilis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Eunoe
Species:
E. assimilis
Binomial name
Eunoe assimilis
McIntosh 1924[1]

Eunoe assimilis Eunoe assimilis is a scale worm described from Southwest of Cape Town, South Africa .[2]

Description

Number of segments 37; elytra 15 pairs. Pale with ventral cirri and outer edge of elytrae tinged with purple. Anterior margin of prostomium with an acute anterior projection. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[3][4]

References

  1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe assimilis McIntosh, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327832
  2. McIntosh, W.C. 1924. Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. No. 46. 1. On Mercierella. 2. Prelimiary account of a second contribution to South African polychaetes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 9, 14: 1-52.
  3. Fauchald, K.; Wilson, R.S. (2003). "Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species". in R.S. Wilson. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 
  4. Day, J. H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of southern Africa. BMNH. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8596. 


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