Subadyte micropapillata

Subadyte micropapillata is a scale worm known from Hainan Island in the South China Sea from depths of 5–15 m.[2]

Subadyte micropapillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Subadyte
Species:
S. micropapillata
Binomial name
Subadyte micropapillata
Barnich, Sun & Fiege, 2004[1]

Description

Subadyte micropapillata is a short-bodied worm with 37 segments and 16 pairs of elytra. The prostomium bears a pair of anterior projections on the anterior margin and the lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on it, directly beneath median antenna ceratophore. The notochaetae are about as thick as the neurochaetae, which also possess bidentate tips.[2]

References

  1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Subadyte micropapillata Barnich, Sun & Fiege, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332367
  2. Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. and Sun, Ruiping. (2004). Polychaeta (Annelida) of Hainan Island, South China Sea Part III. Aphroditoidea. Species Diversity. 9:285-329., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006794439/en
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