Australaugeneria iberica
| Australaugeneria iberica | |
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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: | Australaugeneria |
| Species: | A. iberica
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| Binomial name | |
| Australaugeneria iberica Ravara & Cunha, 2016[1]
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Australaugeneria iberica is a scale worm known from the Gulf of Cadiz in the north-east Atlantic Ocean from a depth of 2230m.[2]
Taxonomic status
[edit]Australaugeneria iberica, known from a depth of 2230 m, is the only bathyal species in the genus; the remaining 3 species are known from depths of 30 m or less.
Description
[edit]Elytra 15 pairs (presumably; all 3 type specimens incomplete). Unpigmented. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Notochaetae thinner than neurochaetae.[3]
Commensalism
[edit]A. iberica is commensal. Its host taxa are alcyonacean corals such as Acanella or a similar genera.
References
[edit]- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Australaugeneria iberica Ravara & Cunha, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872664
- ^ Ravara, Ascensão; Cunha, Marina R. (2016). Two new species of scale worms (Polychaeta: Aphroditiformia) from deep-sea habitats in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic). Zootaxa. 4097(3): 442-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.12
- ^ 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.