Eunoe etheridgei is a scale worm known from off south-eastern Australia at depths of about 400 m.[2]
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| Anterior and prostomium region of a Eunoe etheridgei specimen from Museums Victoria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Eunoe |
| Species: | E. etheridgei
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| Binomial name | |
| Eunoe etheridgei (Benham 1915)[1]
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Description
editNumber of segments 37–38; elytra 15 pairs. No distinct pigmentation pattern. 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]
References
edit- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe etheridgei (Benham, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333356
- ^ Benham, W.B. (1915). [part 1] Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. 'Endeavour' on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, Part 1. Biological Results of the Fisheries Expedition F.I.S. Volume 3(4). 171–237. available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/953505
- ^ 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.