Eunoe opalina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Subclass: | Errantia |
Order: | Phyllodocida |
Family: | Polynoidae |
Genus: | Eunoe |
Species: | E. opalina
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Binomial name | |
Eunoe opalina McIntosh 1885[1]
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Eunoe opalina is a scale worm widely distributed in the Southern Ocean at depths of about 200–1400m.[2]
Number of segments 38; elytra 15 pairs. No distinct pigmentation pattern. Prostomium anterior margin comprising a pair of acute anterior projections. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath Prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae thinner than neurochaetae. Bidentate neurochaetae absent.[3]
E. oplina is commensal. Its host taxon is a sea cucumber: Bathyplotes bongraini.