Subadyte albanyensis

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Subadyte albanyensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Subadyte
Species:
S. albanyensis
Binomial name
Subadyte albanyensis
Hanley & Burke, 1990 [1]

Subadyte albanyensis is a scale worm known from the shores of southern Australia from the intertidal to a depth of about 15 m. [2]

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Description

Subadyte albanyensis is a short-bodied worm with about 37 segments and 15 pairs of elytra that bear a marginal fringe of papillae, and patches of greenish brown pigment around bases of elytrhophores and cirrophores with pigmentation extending over dorsum from segment 4. Ventrum with two small patches of greenish brown pigment on either side of midline starting at segment 6. Lateral antennae positioned ventrally on prostomium, directly beneath median antenna ceratophore. The notochaetae are about as thick as neurochaetae, which also possess bidentate tips. [2]

Biology

Subadyte albanyensis is a commensal species, which is associated with seagrass and sponges.

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References

  1. Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Subadyte albanyensis Hanley & Burke, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332364
  2. 1 2 Hanley, J. Russell and Burke, Melanie. (1990). Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Albany, Western Australia. 203-236. IN: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H., and Lethbridge, R. (Ed.). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: Perth, Western Australian Museum.