Eunoe bathydomus

Eunoe bathydomus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Polynoidae
Genus:	Eunoe
Species:	E. bathydomus
Binomial name
	Eunoe bathydomus; (Ditlevsen 1917)

Eunoe bathydomus is a scale worm known from the north Atlantic Ocean at depths of 2000–3500 m.^[2]^[3]

Description

Number of segments 44; elytra 15 pairs (presumably). Anterior margin of prostomium with an acute anterior projection. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae thinner than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.^[4]

Commensalism

E. bathydomus is commensal. Its host taxon is a sea cucumber: Deima validum (Echinodermata).

References

^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe bathydomus (Ditlevsen, 1917). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=729875
^ Ditlevsen, Hjalmar. (1917). Annelids. I. The Danish Ingolf Expedition. 4(4): 1-71 + corrigenda, plates I-VI. Copenhagen: H. Hagerup., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2228110
^ Shields, Mark A.; Glover, Adrian G.; Wiklund, Helena (June 2013). "Polynoid polychaetes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and a new holothurian association". Marine Biology Research. 9 (5–6): 547–553. doi:10.1080/17451000.2012.749992.
^ 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.

[1] Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe bathydomus (Ditlevsen, 1917). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=729875

[2] Ditlevsen, Hjalmar. (1917). Annelids. I. The Danish Ingolf Expedition. 4(4): 1-71 + corrigenda, plates I-VI. Copenhagen: H. Hagerup., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2228110

[3] Shields, Mark A.; Glover, Adrian G.; Wiklund, Helena (June 2013). "Polynoid polychaetes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and a new holothurian association". Marine Biology Research. 9 (5–6): 547–553. doi:10.1080/17451000.2012.749992.

[4] 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.

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