Eunoe laetmogonensis is a scale worm known from the north-east Atlantic Ocean at depths of about 800 to 2300 m.[2]
| Eunoe laetmogonensis | |
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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. laetmogonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Eunoe laetmogonensis Kirkegaard & Billett, 1980[1]
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Description
editNumber of segments 37; elytra 15 pairs. Dorsal surface deep blue (becomes dark brown in alcohol). Prostomium anterior margin comprising a pair of acute anterior projections. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[3]
Commensalism
editE. laetmogonensis is commensal; its host taxon is the sea cucumber, Laetmogone violacea.
References
edit- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe laetmogonensis Kirkegaard & Billett, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130743
- ^ Kirkegaard, J.B. & Billet, D. (1980) Eunoë laetmogonensis: A New Species of Polynoid Worm, Commensal with the Bathyal Holothurian Laetmogone violacea, in the North-East Atlantic. Steenstrupia 6, 101–109.
- ^ 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.