| Eunoe alvinella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Eunoe |
| Species: | E. alvinella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eunoe alvinella Pettibone, 1989 | |
Eunoe alvinella is a scale worm described from a specimen collected at a depth of 2725 m on the East Pacific Rise.
Description
Number of segments 34; elytra 15 pairs. No distinct pigmentation pattern. Anterior margin of prostomium rounded. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae distinctly thicker than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.
References
- Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe alvinella Pettibone, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327831
- Pettibone, Marian H. (1989). "Two new species of Harmothoinae (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the East Pacific Rise, collected by Alvin dives 2000 and 2003". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 102 (2): 305–310, illustr.
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Eunoe alvinella | |