Eunoe abyssorum is a scale worm first described in 1885. The type locality is in the Great Australian Bight, which is south of mainland Australia.[2]
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| Anterior of a Eunoe abyssorum specimen from the Australian Museum. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Eunoe |
| Species: | E. abyssorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Eunoe abyssorum McIntosh, 1885[1]
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Description
editNumber of segments 35–40; elytra 15 pairs. Violet-coloured prostomium. Anterior margin of prostomium with an acute anterior projection. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae distinctly thicker than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[2]
References
edit- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe abyssorum McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174432
- ^ a b McIntosh, W.C. (1885). "Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76". Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-76. 12: 1–554.