Neopolynoe paradoxa

Neopolynoe paradoxa is a scale worm known from the North Atlantic Ocean around Norway at depths of about 70 to 1000 m.^[2][3]

Neopolynoe paradoxa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Polynoidae
Genus:	Neopolynoe
Species:	N. paradoxa
Binomial name
Neopolynoe paradoxa (Anon, 1888)[1]

Description

Neopolynoe paradoxa has up to 60 segments with 15 pairs of elytra that bear marginal fringe of papillae. Lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on the prostomium, directly beneath the median antenna ceratophore and almost obscured in dorsal view. The notochaetae are distinctly thicker than the neurochaetae and only possess simple tips.^[3][4]

Biology

Neopolynoe paradoxa has a commensal relationship with host corals.^[5]

References

1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Neopolynoe paradoxa (Anon, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130822
2. Anon [not Storm, V.] 1888. Direktionens Aarsberetning for 1887. Det Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter [1886 -1887]: 77-90
3. Loshamn A-A (1981) Descriptions of five polynoid species (Polychaeta) from the coasts of Norway and Sweden, including three new species, one new genus and one new generic name. Zoologica Scripta 10: 5–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463–6409.1981.tb00480.x
4. Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.
5. Taboada S, Silva AS, Neal L, Cristobo J, Ríos P, Alvarez-Campos P, Hestetun JT, Koutsouveli V, Sherlock E, Riesgo A (2019) Insights into the symbiotic relationship between scale worms and carnivorous sponges (Cladorhizidae, Chondrocladia). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers: 103191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103191