Eunoe abyssorum

Eunoe abyssorum is a scale worm first described in 1885. The type locality is in the Great Australian Bight, which is south of mainland Australia.^[2]

Eunoe abyssorum
Anterior of a Eunoe abyssorum specimen from the Australian Museum.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Polynoidae
Genus:	Eunoe
Species:	E. abyssorum
Binomial name
Eunoe abyssorum McIntosh, 1885[1]

Description

Number of segments 35–40; elytra 15 pairs. Violet-coloured prostomium. 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.^[2]

Image plate of different features and characters of Eunoe abyssorum. From an Australian Museum specimen.

References

1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe abyssorum McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174432
2. McIntosh, W.C. (1885). "Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76". Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-76. 12: 1–554.