Admetella hastigerens
| Admetella hastigerens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Admetella |
| Species: | A. hastigerens
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| Binomial name | |
| Admetella hastigerens Chamberlin, 1919[1]
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Admetella hastigerens is a scale worm known from the east Pacific Ocean at depths of about 1000–1200m.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Admetella hastigerens has 70 segments and 27 pairs of elytra, with grayish yellow pigmentation (in preserved specimens). The lateral antennae are inserted terminally on anterior margin of the prostomium, with auxiliary appendages at base of lateral antennae. Bidentate neurochaetae are present[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Admetella hastigerens Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326221
- ^ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
- ^ Fauchald K (1972) Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off Western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology 7: 1–575. available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6207
- ^ Fauchald, K.; Wilson, R.S. (2003). "Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species". In R.S. Wilson; P.A. Hutchings; C. J. Glasby (eds.). Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.