Biology:Subadyte

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Short description: Genus of annelid worms

Subadyte
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Subadyte
Pettibone, 1969
Type species
Polynoe pellucida Ehlers, 1864, accepted as Subadyte pellucida (Ehlers, 1864)[1]

Subadyte is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Eight species of Subadyte are recognised and the genus is known to occur widely in the world's oceans from the intertidal zone to depths of about 1200 m.[2][3][4]

Description

Subadyte are short-bodied worms with around 35–41 segments and 15–16 pairs of elytra. The lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on the prostomium, directly beneath the median antenna and the neurochaetae bear bidentate tips.[2][3]

Species

As at October 2020 Subadyte contains eight species:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Subadyte Pettibone, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129509
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Review of some species referred to Scalisetosus McIntosh (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 1–30., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3412
  3. 3.0 3.1 Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter (2003-07-07). "The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the - Mediterranean Sea" (in en). https://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea. 
  4. Hanley, J.R. & Burke, M. (1991) Polychaeta Polynoidae: Scaleworms of the Chesterfield Island and Fairway Reefs, Coral Sea. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 8. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie 151, 9–82.

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