Austrolaenilla

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Austrolaenilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Austrolaenilla
Bergström, 1916
Type species
Austrolaenilla antarctica
Bergström, 1916

Austrolaenilla is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus includes 10 species which are known from depths of about 20 m to over 5000 m and from the Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean and Antarctic Ocean. [1]

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Description

Austrolaenilla are short bodied species with fewer than 50 segments and 15 or 16 pairs of elytra. The median and lateral antennae are covered with slender papillae and are located ventral to the anterior margin of the prostomium; lateral antennae are ventrally (directly beneath the median antenna). Chaetae are present on the first segment. The neuropodial lobe is elongate and tapering. The notochaetae are stout, distinctly thicker than neurochaetae and are ornamented with transverse rows of fine teeth. The neurochaetae are distinctive, with hairy tips and may be either unidentate or bidentate. [2] [3]

Species

The following species of Austrolaenilla are recognised as of September 2020: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Read, Geoffrey B.; Fauchald, Kristian (2020). "The World Polychaeta Database".
  2. Bergström, Erik. (1916). Die Polynoiden der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901–1903. Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 4: 269–304, plates 2–5. Additional literature: Pettibone MH (1955) New species of polychaete worms of the family Polynoidae from the east coast of North America. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 45: 118–126
  3. Barnich R, Fiege D (2009) Revision of the genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. Zootaxa 2104: 1–76. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2104.1.1