Eunoe purperea is a scale worm described from the North Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda at depths of about 900–1600m.[2][3]
| Eunoe purpurea | |
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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. purpurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Eunoe purpurea Treadwell, 1936[1]
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Description
editNumber of segments 30; elytra 14 pairs (assumed). Purplish brown especially anteriorly. Prostomium anterior margin comprising two rounded lobes. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae distinctly thicker than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae present (check; if confirmed cannot be in Eunoe).[4]
References
edit- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Eunoe purpurea Treadwell, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333361
- ^ Treadwell, Aaron L. 1936. Polychaetous annelids from the vicinity of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda. Zoologica, New York, 21(1): 49-68
- ^ Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 109(2): 239–310. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145
- ^ 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.