Hermadionella nipponicus

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Hermadionella nipponicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Hermadionella
Species:
H. nipponicus
Binomial name
Hermadionella nipponicus
(Imajima & Hartman, 1964) [1]

Hermadionella nipponicus is a scale worm known from Japan in the north-west Pacific Ocean from the intertidal zone. [2]

Description

Hermadionella nipponicus has up to about 64 segments with 15 pairs of elytra, which bear a fringe of papillae. The lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on the prostomium, directly beneath the median antenna (almost completely obscured in dorsal view). The prostomium also bears a pair of acute anterior projections on the anterior margin. Notochaetae are about as thick as the neurochaetae, and the neurochaetae bear bidentate tips [2] [3]


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References

  1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Hermadionella nipponicus (Imajima & Hartman, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1062564
  2. 1 2 Imajima, Minoru & Hartman, Olga. (1964). The polychaetous annelids of Japan. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 26(1-2): 1-452 [issued in 2 parts]., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/18946
  3. 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.