Eunoe shirikishinai

Eunoe shirikishinai is a scale worm described from Hokkaido Island in the North Pacific Ocean.[2]

Eunoe shirikishinai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Eunoe
Species:
E. shirikishinai
Binomial name
Eunoe shirikishinai
Imajima & Hartman, 1964[1]

Description

Number of segments 39; elytra 15 pairs. Blackish pigment. 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

  1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe shirikishinai Imajima & Hartman, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327853
  2. Imajima, Minoru & Hartman, Olga. (1964). The polychaetous annelids of Japan. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 26(1-2): 1-452 [issued in 2 parts]., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/18946
  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.


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