| Antipathipolyeunoa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Antipathipolyeunoa Pettibone, 1991 |
| Species: | A. nuttingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi Pettibone, 1991 [1] | |
Antipathipolyeunoa is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus contains a single species, Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi, found in the Caribbean Sea at a depth of 91 metres. [2]
Species of Antipathipolyeunoa have 82–84 segments and 40 pairs of elytra; the elytra are large and cover the dorsum completely. Cephalic peaks are also present, and the neuropodia are with a subacicular process. [3]
Specifically, A. nuttingi has 82 segments and 40 pairs of elytra, with a nearly continuous reddish brown longitudinal dorsal pigmentation band with some spots at the base of the dorsal cirri and some midventral pigmentation. The lateral antennae are inserted ventrally (beneath the prostomium and median antenna), and notochaetae are about as thick as neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae are absent.
Antipathypolyeunoa is most similar to another long-bodied genus, Polyeunoa , however Polyeunoa lacks the distinctive subacicular neuropodial process. Parahololepidella also has a subacicular neuropodial process but has 80 or more segments and 67 pairs of very small elytra which only cover the base of the parapodium.
Antipathypolyeunoa is one of many genera in the family Polynoidae which have an obligate commensal relationship with a host marine invertebrate. As the name suggests, Antipathypolyeunoa is associated with antipatharian corals (black corals or thorn corals), being found in hollow tubes in the main stems of the coral host. [2]
A. nuttingi's host taxon is Antipathes tanacetum .
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Australaugeneria is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus includes 4 species which are commensal on octocorals.
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Australaugeneria iberica is a scale worm known from the Gulf of Cadiz in the north-east Atlantic Ocean from a depth of 2230m.
Australaugeneria michaelseni is a scale worm known from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea from depths of 30m or less.
Australaugeneria pottsi is a scale worm known from northern Australia from depths of 21m or less.
Australaugeneria rutilans is a scale worm known from northern Australia, south-east Asia and the Persian Gulf, from depths of 28m or less.
Eunoe laetmogonensis is a scale worm known from the north-east Atlantic Ocean at depths of about 800 to 2300 m.
Eunoe pallida is a scale worm known from the Indian Ocean, in the Persian Gulf, Andaman Sea, and off Nias, Sumatra at a depths of 45–614m.
Bathyadmetella is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The only species in the genus, Bathyadmetella commando, is known from a single specimen collected at 1646m in the north-west Pacific Ocean.
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Tottonpolynoe is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Tottonpolynoe contains a single species, Tottonpolynoe symantipatharia. It is known from the South Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean at depths of about 800 to 1,700 m.
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Verrucapelma nigricans is a scale worm known from the South China Sea from intertidal habitats.
Gattyana nutti is a scale worm known from the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North America at depths down to about 120 m.
Gattyana treadwelli is a scale worm known from the north-west Pacific and Arctic Oceans from depths down to about 30 m.