Australaugeneria rutilans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Family: | Polynoidae |
Genus: | Australaugeneria |
Species: | A. rutilans
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Binomial name | |
Australaugeneria rutilans (Grube, 1878)[1]
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Australaugeneria rutilans is a scale worm known from northern Australia, south-east Asia and the Persian Gulf, from depths of 28m or less.[2][3]
Number of segments 40; elytra 15 pairs. Clear, white no pigments other than black eyes. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[4]
Australaugeneria rutilans is commensal. Its host taxa are alcyonacean corals.