| Eunoe bathydomus | |
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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. 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.
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.
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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Eunoe bathydomus | |