Australaugeneria michaelseni is a scale worm known from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea from depths of 30m or less.[2][3]
| Australaugeneria michaelseni | |
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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: | Australaugeneria |
| Species: | A. michaelseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Australaugeneria michaelseni Pettibone, 1969[1]
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Description
editNumber of segments 36; elytra 15 pairs. Depigmented. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[4]
Commensalism
editAustralaugeneria michaelseni is commensal. Its host taxa are alcyonacean corals.
References
edit- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Australaugeneria michaelseni Pettibone, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327024
- ^ Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Review of some species referred to Scalisetosus McIntosh (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 1-30., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3412
- ^ Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Australaugeneria pottsi, new name for Polynoe longicirrus Potts, from the Maldive Islands (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 519–524.
- ^ 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.