Rhodine

Rhodine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Clade:	Maldanomorpha
Family:	Maldanidae
Subfamily:	Rhodininae
Genus:	Rhodine Malmgren 1866 [1]
Type species
Rhodine loveni
Species [1]
Rhodine antarctica Rhodine attenuata Rhodine bitorquata Rhodine gracilior Rhodine antarctica Rhodine intermedia Rhodine loveni Rhodine sima

Rhodine is a genus of capitellid segmented worms in the family Maldanidae. ^{[2] [1]}

Morphology

Rhodine worms have a head with a transverse ridge on the posterior part of their peristomium; their neurochaetae begin on the fifth chaetiger (i.e. any segment with chaetae); they present double rows of uncini in median and posterior chaetigers; they have an indeterminate number of chaetigers; and their posterior segments have posteriorly directed collars. ^[3]

References

1. Malmgren (1866). "Rhodine". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 30 November 2022.
2. Kobayashi, Genki; Goto, Ryutaro; Takano, Tsuyoshi; Kojima, Shigeaki (2018). "Molecular phylogeny of Maldanidae (Annelida): Multiple losses of tube-capping plates and evolutionary shifts in habitat depth". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 332–344. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.036. ISSN   1055-7903.
3. Purschke G, Böggemann M, Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Westheide W, eds. (2021). Handbook of Zoology: Annelida. Vol. 3: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria III and Errantia I. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN   9783110291483.