Biology:Eunoe depressa
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Short description: Species of annelid worm
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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. depressa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eunoe depressa Moore 1905[1]
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Eunoe depressa is a scale worm known from off Alaska in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans at depths of 35m or less.[2]
Description
Number of segments 39; elytra 15 pairs. Dorsum with brown transverse bands, especially in first half of body. Anterior margin of prostomium with an acute anterior projection. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae distinctly thicker than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[3]
Commensalism
E. depress is commensal. Its host taxa are hermit crabs and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea).
References
- ↑ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe depressa Moore, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254455
- ↑ Moore, J.P. (1905). New species of Polychaeta from the North Pacific, chiefly from Alaskan waters. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 57: 525-554. Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26293556
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q3648451 entry
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