Eunoe spinulosa

Eunoe spinulosa is a scale worm described from the North Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia.^[2]

Eunoe spinulosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Polynoidae
Genus:	Eunoe
Species:	E. spinulosa
Binomial name
Eunoe spinulosa Verrill, 1879[1]

Description

Number of segments 49; elytra 15 pairs. No distinct pigmentation pattern remaining, chaetae brass-colored. Prostomium anterior margin comprising a pair of acute anterior projections. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Elytra marginal fringe of papillae present. Notochaetae distinctly thicker than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.^[3]

References

1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe spinulosa Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157380
2. Verrill, A.E. (1880 [1879 volume]). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part I. Annelida, Gephyraea, Nemertina, Nematoda, Polyzoa, Tunicata, Mollusca, Anthozoa, Echinodermata, Porifera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 2: 165–205. [issue for 1879]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7303133
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.