| Polyeunoa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Polyeunoa McIntosh, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Polyeunoa laevis McIntosh, 1885 [1] | |
Polyeunoa is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus contains two species, one from the Indian Ocean and the other widespread in the south-west Atlantic ocean and the Southern Ocean.
Species of Polyeunoa are long-bodied with 70 or more segments and at least 15 pairs of elytra. The elytra leave part of the mid-dorsal body and most posterior segments uncovered. Cephalic peaks are absent or very small on the prostomium and the lateral antennae are inserted beneath the median antenna. The notochaetae are few and about as thick as the neurochaetae, which are numerous. Both unidentate and bidentate forms of chaetae are present. [2] [3]
The following species of Polyeunoa are recognised as of September 2020: [1]
Eunoe is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus includes 48 species which are found world-wide, mostly from depths of 50 m or more.
Eunoe abyssorum is a scale worm first described in 1885. The type locality is in the Great Australian Bight, which is south of mainland Australia.
Acanthicolepis is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus was described in 1990 and includes two short-bodied species with up to 50 segments and which occur in the Mediterranean Sea and North-east Atlantic Ocean.
Eunoe iphionoides is a scale worm known from the South Pacific Ocean off New Zealand at depths of 549–3817m.
Eunoe opalina is a scale worm widely distributed in the Southern Ocean at depths of about 200–1400m.
Eunoe yedoensis is a scale worm described from off Japan in the North Pacific Ocean at a depth of 641 m.
Eunoe nodosa is a scale worm which is widely distributed in the Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean from shallow waters to depths of about 1250m.
Eunoe oerstedi is a scale worm which is widely distributed in the Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean from shallow waters to depths of about 950m.
Admetella longipedata is a scale worm that occurs widely in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans at depths of 400–6,000m.
Antipathipolyeunoa is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus contains a single species, Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi, found in the Caribbean Sea at a depth of 91 metres.
Austropolaria is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus includes a single species, Austropolaria magnicirrata, which is known only from the Amundsen Sea in the Southern Ocean, at depths of 1000 to 1500m.
Parahololepidella is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus contains a single species, Parahololepidella greeffi, This species is known from the east equatorial Atlantic Ocean and Cape Verde Islands at a maximum depth of 30m.
Polyeunoa laevis is a scale worm which is widely distributed in the Southern Ocean and occurs over a wide depth range, from 35m to 2450m.
Eulagisca corrientis is a scale worm known from the subantarctic Heard Island and Kerguelen Island and the Ross Sea in Antarctica, at depths of about 200–1000m.
Gattyana is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus includes 11 species, 9 of which occur in the northern hemisphere, the remaining two are from the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and the Southern Ocean off New Zealand. Species of Gattyana are known from shallow water down to depths of about 1200 m.
Hermadion is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Hermadion contains a single species, Hermadion magalhaensi which is known from the South Atlantic, South Pacific and southern Indian Oceans at depths to about 110 m.
Hermadionella is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Hermadionella contains 3 species which are known from the north-west Pacific and Arctic Oceans from the intertidal to depths of about 200 m.
Neopolynoe antarctica is a scale worm known from the Magallanes Region of the South Atlantic Ocean and from the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand at depths to about 200 m.
Subadyte is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Eight species of Subadyte are recognised and the genus is known to occur widely in the world's oceans from the intertidal zone to depths of about 1200 m.
Subadyte pellucida is a scale worm widely reported from the Indian, Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans from the intertidal zone to depths of about 800 m.