Prosphaerosyllis modinouae is a small marine worm which belongs to the Annelida phylum. It was originally found in the North Falklands Basin, at a depth of 450 m. The species is named after Ivvet Modinou, a volcanologist and science communicator.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Syllidae |
| Genus: | Prosphaerosyllis |
| Species: | P. modinouae
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| Prosphaerosyllis modinouae Neal & Paterson, 2020
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Specimen ranging from 2.8–4.5 millimetres (0.11–0.18 in) in length have been found. The species has protrusions along the sides of its body in between the parapodia. It has three small pear-shaped antennae, as well as two pairs of red eyes.[2]
References
edit- ^ "What It's Like to Be The Namesake of a Deep-Sea Worm". Atlas Obscura. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ Neal, Lenka; Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Blockley, David; Scott, Ben; Sherlock, Emma; Huque, Cate; Glover, Adrian G. (2020-06-03). "Biodiversity data and new species descriptions of polychaetes from offshore waters of the Falkland Islands, an area undergoing hydrocarbon exploration". ZooKeys (938): 1–86. Bibcode:2020ZooK..938....1N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.938.49349. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 7286948. PMID 32549744.
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